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General Information:
Moses resumes reminding the people of Israel about what happened in the past.
as at the first time
"first" is the ordinal number for one. Here it refers to the first time Moses went up Mount Sinai to receive the stone tablets from Yahweh. "as I did the first time" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
forty days and forty nights
"40 days and 40 nights" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)
destroy you
Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the word "you" here is singular. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)
possess the land
"take the land" or "take possession of the land"
their ancestors
This refers to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
to give to them
"that I would give to you, their descendants"