Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

Bible References

Three-score

Numbers 20:29
All the community saw that Aaron died; so all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.
Deuteronomy 21:13
And she shall remove the clothing of her captivity from her, and she shall remain in your house, and she shall mourn her father and her mother {a full month}, and after this {you may have sex with her}, and you may marry her, and she may {become your wife}.
Deuteronomy 34:8
And the {Israelites} wept [concerning] Moses thirty days; [finally] the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were completed.