Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

General references

Bible References

Forty

Joshua 11:18
Joshua waged war a long time with all these kings.
Numbers 14:33
Your children will be shepherds in the desert for forty years. They will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies dead in the desert.

General references

Numbers 14:38
Of all the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.
Psalm 91:7
They will not come near you, even though a thousand may fall dead beside you or ten thousand at your right side.