¹⁸ I fell down in the Lord’s presence, just as I had the first 40 days and nights. I didn’t eat food or drink water because of your sin. You had sinned by committing this evil in full view of the Lord, thereby provoking him to anger. ¹⁹ I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord against you, because he was irate enough to destroy you. But the Lord also listened to me at that time. ²⁰ It was as had been the case with Aaron—the Lord was very angry and about to destroy him, but I prayed for Aaron at that time.