Deu 9:9 | NETfull | STEP | When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing.

Deuteronomy 9:9

9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained there ^{▼▼ Heb “in the mountain.” The demonstrative pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.} forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing.