Forty
20 references
- Remarkable coincidences in the number
- DAYS
- Of rain, at the time of the flood Gen. 7:17
- Of flood, before sending forth the raven Gen. 8:6
- For embalming Gen. 50:3
- Of fasting
- By Moses Exod. 24:18; 34:28; Deut. 9:9,25
- By Elijah 1 Kgs. 19:8
- By spies in the land of promise Num. 13:25
- Of probation, given to the Ninevites Jon. 3:4
- By Jesus Matt. 4:2
- Christ's stay after the resurrection Acts 1:3
- Symbolical Ezek. 4:6
- YEARS
- Wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness Exod. 16:35; Num. 14:34
- Peace in Israel Judg. 3:11; 5:31; 8:28
- Egypt to be desolated Ezek. 29:11
- To be restored after Ezek. 29:13
- STRIPES
- Administered in punishing criminals Deut. 25:3; 2 Cor. 11:24
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.