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24 You have been rebelling against him[a] from the very first day I knew you!

Moses’ Plea on Behalf of God’s Reputation

25 I lay flat on the ground before the Lord for forty days and nights,[b] for he[c] had said he would destroy you. 26 I prayed to him:[d] O, Sovereign Lord,[e] do not destroy your people, your valued property[f] that you have powerfully redeemed,[g] whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 9:24 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
  2. Deuteronomy 9:25 tn The Hebrew text includes “when I prostrated myself.” Since this is redundant, it has been left untranslated.
  3. Deuteronomy 9:25 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
  4. Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
  5. Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “Lord Yahweh” (אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, ʾadonay yehvih). The phrase is customarily rendered by Jewish tradition as “Lord God” (אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהִים, ʾadonay ʾelohim).
  6. Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “your inheritance”; NLT “your special (very own NRSV) possession.” Israel is compared to landed property that one would inherit from his ancestors and pass on to his descendants.
  7. Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “you have redeemed in your greatness.”
  8. Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “by your strong hand.”