Deuteronomy 9:25-29

Deuteronomy 9:25-29

[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  [26] I prayed  therefore unto the LORD,  and said,  O Lord  destroy  not thy people  and thine inheritance,  which thou hast redeemed  through thy greatness,  which thou hast brought forth  out of Egypt  with a mighty  hand.  [27] Remember  thy servants,  Abraham,  Isaac,  and Jacob;  look  not unto the stubbornness  of this people,  nor to their wickedness,  nor to their sin:  [28] Lest the land  whence thou broughtest us out  say,  Because the LORD  was not able  to bring  them into the land  which he promised  them, and because he hated  them, he hath brought them out  to slay  them in the wilderness.  [29] Yet they are thy people  and thine inheritance,  which thou broughtest out  by thy mighty  power  and by thy stretched out  arm. 

What does Deuteronomy 9:25-29 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Moses returned in these verses to the rebellion at Sinai to illustrate further how Israel had no basis for boasting of her own righteousness before God. God had preserved Israel only because of His mercy and covenant faithfulness.