Deuteronomy 9:18-29

New International Version

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. ¹⁹ I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you.^(D) But again the Lord listened to me.^{(E) 20} And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too. ²¹ Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust^(F) and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.^(G)

²² You also made the Lord angry^(H) at Taberah,^(I) at Massah^(J) and at Kibroth Hattaavah.^(K)

²³ And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea,^(L) he said, “Go up and take possession^(M) of the land I have given you.” But you rebelled^(N) against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust^(O) him or obey him. ²⁴ You have been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you.^(P)

²⁵ I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nights^(Q) because the Lord had said he would destroy you.^{(R) 26} I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people,^(S) your own inheritance^(T) that you redeemed^(U) by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.^{(V) 27} Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness^(W) of this people, their wickedness and their sin. ²⁸ Otherwise, the country^(X) from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them,^(Y) he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’^{(Z) 29} But they are your people,^(AA) your inheritance^(AB) that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.^(AC)”