Thematic Bible: Forty


Thematic Bible



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. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfThe Number FortyWaterForty DaysTen ThingsMore Than One MonthFasting For Long PeriodsTerms Of The Covenant At SinaiThe Law Given Through Moses

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. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForWaterMore Than One MonthFasting For Long PeriodsTerms Of The Covenant At Sinai

Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthGoing Up Mountains

“I fell down in the presence of the Lord 40 days and 40 nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you. Verse ConceptsForty DaysSecret PrayerMore Than One MonthGod Might Kill His People

Lord, may all your enemies perish as Sisera did.
But may those who love Him
be like the rising of the sun in its strength.


And the land was peaceful 40 years. Verse ConceptsDawnDeborahNoonThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsEnemies Of GodTime Of PeaceLove And StrengthSunPeace And Strengthcrusades

Then the land was peaceful 40 years, and Othniel son of Kenaz died. Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsTime Of Peace

So Midian was subdued before the Israelites, and they were no longer a threat. The land was peaceful 40 years during the days of Gideon. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyConquest40 To 50 YearsLifting HeadsTime Of Peace

He may be flogged with 40 lashes, but no more. Otherwise, if he is flogged with more lashes than these, your brother will be degraded in your sight. Verse ConceptsBeatingsWhipsForties


The Israelites ate manna for 40 years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate manna until they reached the border of the land of Canaan. Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 Years

You will bear the consequences of your sins 40 years based on the number of the 40 days that you scouted the land, a year for each day. You will know My displeasure. Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForKnowledge, Of GodThe Number FortyOne DayMore Than One Month40 To 50 YearsGod OpposingAccording To TimeComplainingexploringconsequenceswanderingland

No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it. It will be uninhabited for 40 years. Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyBoth Men And Animals Affected

“For this is what the Lord God says: At the end of 40 years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were dispersed. Verse ConceptsGathering Other Nations

So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked 40 days and 40 nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthFasting For Long Periods

At the end of 40 days they returned from scouting out the land. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One Monthexploring

Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, “In 40 days Nineveh will be demolished!” Verse ConceptsHeraldMissionaries, Task OfProphets, Role OfThe Number FortyForty DaysOne DayMore Than One Month

The flood continued for 40 days on the earth; the waters increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth. Verse ConceptsNoah's ArkForty DaysShipsMore Than One MonthThings Lifted UpThings On HighFloods

They took 40 days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days. Verse ConceptsLossForty DaysMore Than One MonthTwo To Four MonthsPreparation For Burial

When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year. Verse ConceptsForty DaysDoing Things TwiceOne DayMore Than One Month40 To 50 YearsCarrying SinOther Right PartsGod's People Sinning

After 40 days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made, Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthThe Act Of Opening



He may be flogged with 40 lashes, but no more. Otherwise, if he is flogged with more lashes than these, your brother will be degraded in your sight. Verse ConceptsBeatingsWhipsForties


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