The Number Forty (40)...
Forty: The number 40 appears to be
used by GOD to represent a period of testing or judgment in most
cases..
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Forty days (25): Gen 7:4,12,17,8:6,50:3, Ex 24:18,34:28, Deut 9:9,11,18,25,
Deut 10:10, Mt 4:2, Mk 1:3, Lk 4:2, Act 1:13
Forty years (54): Ex 16:35, Num 14:33,32:13, Deut 8:2,29:5, Jos 5:6, 2Sam
5:4,
1Kng 2:11,11:42, Neh 9:21, Psa 95:10, Act 7:30,36,42,13:18,
Heb 3:9,17
The rains (in Noah's day) fell for 40 days and nights (Gen 7:4,12).
Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah (Gen. 25:20).
Esau was 40 years old when he married Judith (Gen. 26:34).
Israel ate Manna for 40 years (Exodus 16:35).
Moses was with God in the mount, 40 days and nights (Ex. 24:18).
The sockets of silver are in groups of 40 (Ex. 26:19 & 21).
Moses was AGAIN with God 40 days and 40 nights (Ex. 34:28).
Moses was 40 years old when he first visited his people (Acts 7:23).
Moses led Israel from Egypt at age 80 (2 times 40), and after 40 years
in the wilderness, died at 120 (3 times 40; Deut. 34:7). The spies searched
the land of Canaan for 40 days (Num. 13:25).
Therefore, God made Israel wander for 40 years (Num. 14:33-34).
40 stripes was the maximum WHIPPING penalty (Deut. 25:3).
Caleb was 40 when he spied out the land of Canaan (Joshua 14:7).
God allowed the land to rest for 40 years (Judges 3:11).
God again allowed the land to rest for 40 years (Judges 5:31).
God again allowed the land to rest for 40 years (Judges
8:28).
Abdon (a judge in Israel) had 40 sons (Judges 12:14).
Israel did evil; God gave them to enemy 40 years (Judges 13:1).
Eli judged Israel for 40 years (1 Samuel 4:18).
Goliath presented himself to Israel for 40 days (1 Sam. 17:16).
Saul reigned for 40 years (Acts 13:21).
Ishbosheth (Saul's son) was 40 when he began reign (2 Sam. 2:10).
David reigned over Israel for 40 years (2 Sam. 5:4, 1 Kings 2:11).
The holy place of the temple was 40 cubits long (1 Kings 6:17). 40 baths
(measurement) was size of lavers in Temple (1 Kings 7:38).
Solomon reigned same length as his father; 40 years (1
Kings 11:42).
Elijah had one meal that gave him strength 40 days (1 Kings 19:8).
Jehoash (Joash) reigned 40 years in Jerusalem (2 Kings 12:1).
Egypt to be laid desolate for 40 years (Ezek. 29:11-12).
Ezekiel's (symbolic) temple is 40 cubits long (Ezek. 41:2).
Utter courts in Ezekiel's temple were 40 cubits long (Ez. 46:22).
God gave Nineveh 40 days to repent (Jonah 3:4).
Jesus fasted 40 days and nights (Matthew 4:2).
Jesus was tempted 40 days (Luke 4:2, Mark 1:13).
Jesus remained on earth 40 days after resurrection (Acts 1:3).
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