Deuteronomy 9:25
Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the Lord had said he would destroy you.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 9:16 provides the specific sin—the golden calf—that prompted Moses' forty-day intercession.
Deuteronomy 9:18 repeats the same act of falling down in prayer for forty days, emphasizing the intensity of Moses' intercession.
Deuteronomy 10:10 continues the narrative: Moses stayed forty days again, and the LORD listened, averting destruction—showing the prayer's success.
Exodus 34:28 is the parallel account of the same forty-day intercession, confirming Moses' fasting and presence with God.
Psalm 106:23 recalls Moses standing in the breach to turn away God's wrath—directly referencing the same intercessory act.
Exodus 24:18 describes Moses' first forty days on Sinai, while this refers to his second forty-day intercession after the calf.