18 Then I (A)lay prostrate before the Lord (B)as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, (C)in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger.

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18 Then once again I fell(A) prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water,(B) because of all the sin you had committed,(C) doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and so arousing his anger.

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28 (A)So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he (B)wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:28 Hebrew the ten words

28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights(A) without eating bread or drinking water.(B) And he wrote on the tablets(C) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.(D)

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(A)When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain (B)forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.

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When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant(A) that the Lord had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days(B) and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.(C)

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23 Therefore (A)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his (B)chosen one,
(C)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

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23 So he said he would destroy(A) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(B) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

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16 David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David (A)fasted and went in (B)and lay all night on the ground.

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16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying(A) in sackcloth[a] on the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.

10 (A)“I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, (B)and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you.

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10 Now I had stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, as I did the first time, and the Lord listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you.(A)

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10 Now therefore (A)let me alone, that (B)my wrath may burn hot against them and (C)I may consume them, in order that (D)I may make a great nation of you.”

11 But (E)Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 (F)Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and (G)relent from this disaster against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you (H)swore by your own self, and said to them, (I)‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” 14 And the Lord (J)relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

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10 Now leave me alone(A) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy(B) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”(C)

11 But Moses sought the favor(D) of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?(E) 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’?(F) Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster(G) on your people. 13 Remember(H) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:(I) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars(J) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land(K) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented(L) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

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