“So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.”
Deuteronomy 9:25 (WEB)
Context Reading
23When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, “Go up and possess the land which I have given you,” you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn’t believe him or listen to his voice. 24You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day that I knew you. 25So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you. 26I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don’t look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin,