Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
In the strength
General references
Bible References
In the strength
Daniel 1:15
At the end of 10 days they looked better and healthier than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.
2 Corinthians 12:9
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.
Forty days
Exodus 24:18
Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.
Exodus 34:28
Moses was there with the Lord 40 days and 40 nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.
Deuteronomy 9:9
When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant the Lord made with you, I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.
Matthew 4:2
After He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, He was hungry.
Mark 1:13
He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.
Luke 4:2
for 40 days to be tempted by the Devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, He was hungry.
Horeb
Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the Lord came down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
Malachi 4:4
“Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
General references
Exodus 18:5
Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the wilderness where he was camped at the mountain of God.