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1 | significance of the number forty | Bible general Archive 1 | 3806 | |||
what is the significance of the number forty in the bible? it is referred to often. | ||||||
2 | significance of the number forty | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 3807 | ||
The number forty "40" has remarkable coincidences in the Bible. There were forty days of rain (Gen. 7:17) at the time of the flood, forty days before sending forth the raven (Gen. 8:6), Forty days for embalming (Gen. 50:3), and of fasting by Moses (Ex. 24:18; 34:28; Deut. 9:9,25), by Elijah (1 Kin. 19:8), and by Jesus (Matt. 4:2). Spies were in the promised land for forty days (Num. 13:25). Forty days of probation was given to the Ninevites (Jonah 3:4), the temptation of Jesus lasted for forty days (Luke 4:1-2), and Christ stayed forty days here on earth after His resurrection (Acts 1:3). The number 40 is also used symbolically in Ezekiel 4:6.As for forty years, the Israelites wandered in the wilderness (Ex. 16:35; Num. 14:34, 32:13). There was to be peace in Israel for forty years (Judg. 3:11, 5:31, 8:28). Egypt was to be desolated (Ezek.29:11) and restored after (Ezek.29:13).Also, Forty stripes were administered in punishing criminals (Deut. 25:3) and the 'forty minus one' or thirty-nine lashes (2 Cor. 11:24). Goliath the Philistine took his stand against Israel for forty days (1 Sam. 17:16) and both David and Solomon reigned over Israel for forty years (1 Kin. 2:11, 11:42). Is there a common theme? In the sense of repentance/fasting yes, but there is not 'set time' in the Bible for how long we should repent or fast. | ||||||
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