Deuteronomy 9:24-26

International Children’s Bible

²⁴ You have refused to obey the Lord as long as I have known you.

²⁵ The Lord had said he would destroy you. So I threw myself down in front of him for those 40 days and 40 nights. ²⁶ I prayed to the Lord. I said, “Lord God, do not destroy your people. They are your own people. You freed them and brought them out of Egypt by your great power and strength.