Deuteronomy 9:19 meaning and explanation

For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.

Deuteronomy 9:19, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses is speaking to Israel on the plains of Moab, retelling how he interceded after the golden calf at Horeb. In verse 19 he admits plain fear: God's anger against the people was hot enough to destroy them, and Moses lay prostrate forty days without food or water on their behalf.

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