Deuteronomy 9:18

And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 9:9 describes Moses' first forty-day fast; here he repeats the pattern after the golden calf.

Deuteronomy 9:25 reiterates the same 40-day prostration mentioned here; both describe Moses' intercession.

Deuteronomy 10:10 confirms God heard Moses' intercession during those forty days on the mountain.

Exodus 32:10-14 records the intercession Moses refers to — his plea for God to spare Israel after the calf.

Psalm 106:23 directly recalls Moses standing in the breach to turn away God's wrath — the intercession from Deuteronomy.

Exodus 24:18 Historical context

Exodus 24:18 records Moses' first 40-day fast on Sinai; here he repeats the 40-day fast in intercession.

Exodus 32:11 Historical context

Exodus 32:11 shows Moses pleading with God after the golden calf; this verse recounts that same intercessory fast.

Exodus 32:31 Historical context

Exodus 32:31 continues Moses' intercession; Deuteronomy 9:18 refers to that same period of fasting and prayer.

Ezra 10:6 Parallel

In Ezra 10:6, Ezra fasts without bread/water over the people's sin, mirroring Moses' intercessory fast here.

Ezekiel 11:13 also shows the prophet falling on his face and crying out in intercession—mirroring Moses' response to God's wrath.

Matthew 4:2 Typology

Matthew 4:2 records Jesus fasting forty days and nights—a direct typological parallel to Moses' fasting here, as the new Moses.

Mark 1:13 Typology

Mark 1:13 describes Jesus' forty days in the wilderness, echoing Moses' forty-day fast here as a type of preparation and testing.

Luke 4:2 Typology

Luke 4:2 parallels Jesus' forty-day fast with Moses' here—both abstain from food during a period of testing and divine encounter.

Exodus 34:28 describes Moses' later forty-day fast on the mountain — same pattern but a different event.

Mark 14:35 Parallel

In Mark 14:35, Jesus falls on the ground in prayer—similar posture to Moses falling down here in intercession before God.