Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

Of forty

Bible References

And gave

Romans 1:24
So, God allowed [or, abandoned] them to have the impure desires of their hearts, and to [practice] degrading behavior with their bodies among themselves.
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and all kinds of wicked deception toward those people who are perishing [spiritually], because they refused to love the truth so they could be saved.

Of forty

Hebrews 3:9
where your forefathers tried me and tested [my patience] when they saw what I did for forty years.