Thematic Bible: Forty


Thematic Bible



Moses was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments (Ten Words). 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 on the mountain to get the stone tablets, the tablets of the promise that Jehovah made to you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights without food or water. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForWaterMore Than One MonthFasting For Long PeriodsTerms Of The Covenant At Sinai

Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain. He was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthGoing Up Mountains

So I fell down prostrate before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights. I did this because Jehovah said he would destroy you. Verse ConceptsForty DaysSecret PrayerMore Than One MonthGod Might Kill His People

May all your enemies die like that, Jehovah, may your friends shine like the rising sun! There was peace in the land for forty years. Verse ConceptsDawnDeborahNoonThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsEnemies Of GodTime Of PeaceLove And StrengthSunPeace And Strengthcrusades

There was peace in the land for forty years until Othniel died. Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsTime Of Peace

Midian was defeated by the Israelites and was no longer a threat. The land was at peace for forty years, until Gideon died. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyConquest40 To 50 YearsLifting HeadsTime Of Peace

He must not beat him more than forty lashes. If he beats more than that your brother will be degraded in your eyes. Verse ConceptsBeatingsWhipsForties


The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 Years

You explored the land for forty days. So for forty years, one year for each day, you will suffer for your sins and know what it means for me to be against you.' Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForKnowledge, Of GodThe Number FortyOne DayMore Than One Month40 To 50 YearsGod OpposingAccording To TimeComplainingexploringconsequenceswanderingland

A man's foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyBoth Men And Animals Affected

The Lord Jehovah says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered. Verse ConceptsGathering Other Nations

So he got up and took food and drink. He was strengthened to go for forty days and forty nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthFasting For Long Periods

Forty days later they returned from exploring the land. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One Monthexploring

Jonah began to enter into the city, a day's journey walking, and he shouted: Nineveh will be overthrown in Forty days. Verse ConceptsHeraldMissionaries, Task OfProphets, Role OfThe Number FortyForty DaysOne DayMore Than One Month

The flood came upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark high above the earth. Verse ConceptsNoah's ArkForty DaysShipsMore Than One MonthThings Lifted UpThings On HighFloods

It took forty days, which is the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. Verse ConceptsLossForty DaysMore Than One MonthTwo To Four MonthsPreparation For Burial

After you have finished this lie down again. This time lie on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you forty 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 forty days Noah opened the window he constructed in the ark. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthThe Act Of Opening



He must not beat him more than forty lashes. If he beats more than that your brother will be degraded in your eyes. Verse ConceptsBeatingsWhipsForties