9 Bible Verses about Forty Years
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Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean (Syrian) of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.
The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they reached an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
So the Lord’s anger was kindled against the sons of Israel (Jacob) and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of the Lord was destroyed.
I have led you in the wilderness forty years; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.
And the land was at rest [from oppression for] forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
No man’s foot will pass through it, no animal’s foot will pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation [plundered and ruined] among desolated lands; and her cities, among cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and [I will] disperse them through the lands.” ‘For thus says the Lord God, “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations among whom they were scattered.
Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
The time that David reigned over Israel was forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
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Israel » Under the judges » Led » Eli » Forty years
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backwards by the side of the [city] gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years
“For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation,
And I said, ‘They are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.’
Your sons shall be wanderers and shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness (spiritual infidelity), until your corpses are consumed in the wilderness.
The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they reached an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
And the land was at rest [from oppression for] forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
No man’s foot will pass through it, no animal’s foot will pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.
Punon » Israelite camp » Forty years » Wondering
And they set out from Zalmonah and encamped at Punon. And they set out from Punon and encamped at Oboth.
