I fell down before the Lord, as at the first — Moses interceded for the people before he came down from the mountain the first time…

And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. —Moses had already interceded for them in …

And I fell down before the Lord. The order of the narrative is confused, for this fact of which he speaks did not precede his second ascen…

And I fell down before the Lord
In prayer for Israel who had sinned; but this he did not immediately after he had br…

So that the Israelites might have no pretense to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy…