Thematic Bible: Periods and numbers


Thematic Bible



Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsWeeksPeople AppalledRivers As Places Of Prayer

And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done. Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodSevenSabbath, In OtConsecrationThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7Holy TimesBlessed By GodCreationGod's CreationSanctification

For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth. Verse ConceptsFlood, TheRainWeeksElements, Control OfDivine Power Over NatureSeven DaysMore Than One MonthGod KillingGod Killing All People

And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsWeeksSeven DaysWarning IndividualsSpeaking By The Spirit

And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days. Verse ConceptsPaul, Life OfWeeksFour Or Five DaysSeven DaysSea Travel

For seven days the son who becomes priest in his place will put them on when he comes into the Tent of meeting to do the work of the holy place. Verse ConceptsWeeksSevenSeven DaysPriests Garments

And seven days went past, after the Lord had put his hand on the Nile. Verse ConceptsWeeksSevenSeven Days

Then the responsible men of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days, so that we may send men to every part of Israel: and then, if no one comes to our help, we will come out to you. Verse ConceptsWeeksSeven DaysLeave Us AloneSurrender

And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were starting to go away from him. Verse ConceptsWeeksSeven DaysPeople WaitingScattering FollowersWaiting For God's Timing

Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome. Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofWeeksSeven Days

For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways; Verse ConceptsKnowing God's WaysRejection Of GodThe Number FortySin, Nature OfWay, TheIgnorance Towards God, Examples Of40 To 50 YearsFalling Away From God

And your children will be wanderers in the waste land for forty years, undergoing punishment for your false ways, till your bodies become dust in the waste land. Verse ConceptsMonotonyUnfaithfulness, To GodParents SinDying In The WildernessDeath As PunishmentThose Who Kept Stock

And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan. Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 Years

Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz. Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsTime Of Peace

No foot of man will go through it and no foot of beast, and it will be unpeopled for forty years. Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyBoth Men And Animals Affected


Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt; Verse ConceptsPlenty In Egypt

Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

And as for the vision which the king saw of a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven, saying, Let the tree be cut down and given to destruction; Verse ConceptsStumps Of A TreeFelling TreesSeven YearsIron ObjectsRelation Of Animals To ManSpecific Holy Individuals

And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfThe Number FortyWaterForty DaysTen ThingsMore Than One MonthFasting For Long PeriodsTerms Of The Covenant At SinaiThe Law Given Through Moses

And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthGoing Up Mountains

So I went down on my face in prayer before the Lord for forty days and forty nights as I did at first; because the Lord had said that he would put an end to you. Verse ConceptsForty DaysSecret PrayerMore Than One MonthGod Might Kill His People

All this land will be a waste and a cause of wonder; and these nations will be the servants of the king of Babylon for seventy years. Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine Gift70 To 80 YearsServing Kings

And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyStandingForty DaysMore Than One MonthAt Morning And Evening

And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you. Verse ConceptsSeventiesLeadersIdentityResponsibilityThe Elderlyeldersorganizationgathering


At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One Monthexploring

And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days. Verse ConceptsLossForty DaysMore Than One MonthTwo To Four MonthsPreparation For Burial

So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthFasting For Long Periods

And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth. Verse ConceptsNoah's ArkForty DaysShipsMore Than One MonthThings Lifted UpThings On HighFloods

Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place. Verse ConceptsIniquity, Christ's Relation ToCompletionGod, The EternalLast DaysSealsWeeksImputed RighteousnessThe Anointed OneSeventy100 Years And MoreEternal BlessingSealing The MessageVisions From GodProphecy AbolishedEnd Of ActionsAnointing ThingsHoly CityReconciliationfinishing

Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made, Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthThe Act Of Opening

And when these days are ended, turning on your right side, you are to take on yourself the sin of the children of Judah: forty days, a day for a year, I have had it fixed for you. Verse ConceptsForty DaysDoing Things TwiceOne DayMore Than One Month40 To 50 YearsCarrying SinOther Right PartsGod's People Sinning

Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofMissionaries, Call OfCompanionshipMissionary Work, Examples OfSeventyTwo DisciplesPeople Going BeforeSeventiesChrist SendingMissionariesDiscipleshipgroups

And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh. Verse ConceptsHeraldMissionaries, Task OfProphets, Role OfThe Number FortyForty DaysOne DayMore Than One Month



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