Deuteronomy 9:9
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
Cross-references
In Deuteronomy 9:18, Moses recounts another 40-day fast of intercession after the golden calf, paralleling the first Sinai fast.
Deuteronomy 9:15 continues the account as Moses descends with the tablets, the next event after this verse.
Deuteronomy 9:11 concludes the same event—the LORD gave the tablets at the end of the forty-day fast.
Deuteronomy 4:13 specifies the Ten Commandments were written on the same stone tablets Moses received during his fast.
Exodus 24:12 records God's command for Moses to come up and receive the tablets, the event Moses recalls here.
In Matthew 4:2, Jesus fasts 40 days and nights, echoing Moses' 40-day fast on Sinai as a new Moses typology.
Jeremiah 31:32 explicitly states the new covenant will not be like the one made at the Exodus, referencing the same covenant context as this verse.
Jeremiah 31:31 promises a new covenant, contrasting with the old covenant tablets Moses received on the mountain here.
In 1 Kings 19:8, Elijah travels 40 days to Horeb, mirroring Moses' 40-day fast on the same mountain.
Exodus 31:18 describes God giving Moses the two tablets of stone, the very tablets he went up to receive here.
Exodus 24:18 states Moses stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, exactly matching the detail here.
Exodus 24:15 narrates Moses ascending the mountain, the same ascent recalled in this verse.
Exodus 32:16 reveals the tablets were God's own work and writing—the same tablets Moses received during his forty-day fast.
Exodus 32:1 records the people making the golden calf while Moses was on the mountain, providing the immediate context for this verse.
Exodus 19:20 describes the LORD calling Moses up Mount Sinai, which is the same event Moses recalls in this verse.
2 Corinthians 3:7 refers to the same stone tablets as 'ministry of death'—highlighting the temporary glory of the law Moses received.
Exodus 34:28 describes a later forty-day fast by Moses on Sinai, paralleling this first fasting period but for the second tablets.
In Galatians 4:24, Paul allegorizes Mount Sinai as the covenant of law, linking to Moses receiving the law on Sinai.
1 Kings 8:21 mentions the ark holding the covenant tablets—the very tablets Moses received on the mountain.