Thematic Bible: Periods and numbers
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days
I came to the exiles at Tel-abib by the Chebar River and sat down among them for seven days, appalled.
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Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God stopped working on everything that he had been creating.
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Seven days from now I'll send rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights, and I'll destroy every living creature that I've made."
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So we located some disciples and stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to go to Jerusalem,
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After the Festival of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and days later we joined them in Troas and stayed there for seven days.
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Aaron's son, who is priest in his place, is to wear them for seven days when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place.
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Seven days after the LORD had struck the Nile River,
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The elders of Jabesh told him, "Leave us alone for seven days so that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then if no one delivers us, we will come out to you and surrender."
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Saul waited seven days for the appointment set by Samuel. When Samuel did not arrive at Gilgal, as the people began to scatter from Saul,
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There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. After this, we arrived in Rome.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years
For forty years I loathed that generation, so I said, "They are a people whose hearts continuously err, and they have not understood my ways."
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and your children will wander throughout the wilderness for 40 years. They'll bear the consequences of your idolatries until your bodies are entirely consumed in the wilderness.
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The Israelis ate manna for 40 years until they came to a land where they could settle. They ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
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As a result, the land was quiet for 40 years. Then Kenaz' son Othniel died.
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Neither man nor beast will walk through that area. It won't even be inhabited for 40 years.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven years
Jacob loved Rachel, so he made this offer to Laban: "I'll serve you for seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
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Be advised that seven years of phenomenal abundance are coming throughout all the land of Egypt,
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the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. It was an international famine, but there was food everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.
"Your majesty saw a holy observer descending from heaven and saying, "Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump in the ground, along with its roots, bound with iron and bronze in the field grass. Let him be soaked with the dew of the sky and live with the wild animals of the field until seven seasons pass over him.'
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
While Moses was there with the LORD for 40 days and 40 nights, he did not eat or drink. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.
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When Moses went up on the mountain, he went into the center of the cloud and was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel
I fell down in the LORD's presence for 40 days and nights, because the LORD said he was ready to destroy you.
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Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Years of captivity
This entire land will be a desolation and a waste, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted
For 40 days the Philistine would come forward, morning and evening, to take his position.
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Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Seventy elders appointed
Then the LORD told Moses, "Gather together for me 70 men who are elders of Israel, men whom you know to be elders of the people and officers over them. Then bring them to the Tent of Meeting and let them stand there with you.
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Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Times of forgiveness
Jesus told him, "I tell you, not just seven times, but 77 times!
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan
At the end of 40 days, they all returned from exploring the land,
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied
It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted
So Elijah got up, ate and drank, and survived on that one meal for 40 days and nights as he set out on his journey to Horeb, God's mountain.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted
The flood continued throughout the earth for 40 days, while the flood waters increased, lifting the ark so that it rose above the surface of the earth.
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Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Weeks referred to by daniel
Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning your people and your holy city: to restrain transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for lawlessness, to establish everlasting righteousness, to conclude vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
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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 built
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
When you have completed this, you are to sleep on your right side, symbolically bearing the iniquity of Judah for 40 days. Each day that I've assigned to you represents one year.
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Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Disciples sent forth
After this, the Lord appointed 70 other disciples and was about to send them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place that he intended to go.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh
Now Nineveh was a very large city, requiring a three-day journey to cross through it. As Jonah started into the city on the first day's journey, he proclaimed the message, "40 days more and Nineveh will be overthrown!"
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection
After he had suffered, he had shown himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during a period of 40 days and telling them about the kingdom of God.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's temptation
where he was being tempted by the Devil for 40 days. During that time he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he became hungry.
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