Thematic Bible: Periods and numbers
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days
I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were living by the Chebar Canal, and I sat there among them stunned for seven days.
God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested from His work of creation.
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Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe off from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
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So we found some disciples and stayed there seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
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but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread. In five days we reached them at Troas, where we spent seven days.
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Any priest who is one of his sons and who succeeds him and enters the tent of meeting to minister in the sanctuary must wear them for seven days.
Seven days passed after the Lord struck the Nile.
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“Don’t do anything to us for seven days,” the elders of Jabesh said to him, “and let us send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If no one saves us, we will surrender to you.”
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He waited seven days for the appointed time that Samuel had set, but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the troops were deserting him.
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There we found believers and were invited to stay with them for seven days.
And so we came to Rome. Verse Concepts
And so we came to Rome. Verse Concepts
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know My ways.”
Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for 40 years and bear the penalty for your acts of unfaithfulness until all your corpses lie scattered in the wilderness.
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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.
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Then the land was peaceful 40 years, and Othniel son of Kenaz died.
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No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it. It will be uninhabited for 40 years.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven years
Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, “I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt.
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and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every country, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
“The king saw an observer, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground and with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with dew from the sky, and share food with the wild animals for seven periods of time.’
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
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.
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Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel
“I fell down in the presence of the Lord 40 days and 40 nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.
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Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Years of captivity
This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted
Every morning and evening for 40 days the Philistine came forward and took his stand.
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Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Seventy elders appointed
The Lord answered Moses, “Bring Me 70 men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.
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Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Times of forgiveness
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan
At the end of 40 days they returned from scouting out the land.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied
They took 40 days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted
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.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted
The flood continued for 40 days on the earth; the waters increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.
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Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Weeks referred to by daniel
about your people and your holy city—
to bring the rebellion to an end,
to put a stop to sin,
to wipe away iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most holy place.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of
After 40 days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
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.
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Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Disciples sent forth
After this, the Lord appointed 70 others, and He sent them ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself was about to go.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh
Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, “In 40 days Nineveh will be demolished!”
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection
After He had suffered, He also presented Himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's temptation
for 40 days to be tempted by the Devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, He was hungry.
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