# General Information:

Moses continues reminding the people of Israel about what happened in the past.

# I broke them before your eyes

Here "your eyes" is a synecdoche for the people of Israel. AT: "I broke them right in front of you" or "I broke them where you could see them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# lay facedown

"lay with my face on the ground." This is a way of showing that Yahweh was great and Moses was not.

# forty days and forty nights

"40 days and 40 nights" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bread]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/angry]]