Thematic Bible: Periods and numbers
Thematic Bible
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days
And so in the beginning of the Month Abib, I came to the prisoners that dwelt by the water of Chebar and remained in that place, where they were: And so continued I among them seven days, being very sorry.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; for in it he rested from all his works which he had created and made.
For seven days hence will I send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights and will destroy all manner of things that I have made, from off the face of the earth."
And when we had found brethren, we tarried there seven days. And they told Paul through the spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
And we sailed away from Philippi after the holy days, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.
And that son that is priest in his stead after him, shall put them on seven days: that he go into the tabernacle of witness, to minister in the holy place.
Then said the elders of Jabesh, "Give us seven days respite that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel. And then if there come no man to help us, we will come out to thee."
And he tarried seven days, as Samuel had appointed. But Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people scattered from him.
where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so came we to Rome.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years
Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, "They ever err in their hearts, they verily have not known my ways."
And your children shall wander in this wilderness forty years and suffer for your whoredom until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness,
And the children of Israel ate Manna forty years until they came unto a land inhabited. And so they ate Manna, even until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan;
so that in forty years there shall no foot of man walk there, neither foot of cattle go there, neither shall it be inhabited.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven years
And Jacob loved her well, and said, "I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy youngest daughter."
"Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenteousness throughout all the land of Egypt.
then came the seven years of dearth, according as Joseph had said. And the dearth was in all lands: but in the land of Egypt was there yet food.
But whereas the king saw a watcher, even a holy angel, that came down from heaven, and said, 'Hew down the tree, and destroy it: yet leave the ground of the root in the earth, and bind him upon the plain field with chains of iron and steel: He shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and his part shall be with the beasts of the field, till seven years be come and gone upon him.'
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights, and neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote in the tables the words of the covenant: even ten verses.
And Moses went into the mountain. And Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel
And I fell before the LORD, forty days and forty nights which I lay there, for the LORD was minded to have destroyed you.
Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Years of captivity
and this whole land shall become a wilderness, and they shall serve the said people and the king of Babylon, three score years and ten.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted
And the Philistine came forth every morning and evening, and continued forty days.
Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Seventy elders appointed
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Gather unto me seventy of the elders of Israel, which thou knowest that they are the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them unto the tabernacle of witness, and let them stand there with thee.
Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Times of forgiveness
Jesus said unto him, "I say not unto thee seven times: but seventy times seven times.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan
Periods and numbers » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied
for so long doth the embalming last, and the Egyptians bewept him seventy days.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted
And he arose and did eat and drink and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights, unto Horeb the mount of God,
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted
And the flood came forty days and forty nights upon the earth, and the water increased and bare up the ark and it was lift up from off the earth.
Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Weeks referred to by daniel
Seventy weeks are determined over thy people, and over the holy city: that the wickedness may be consumed, that the sin may have an end, that the offense may be reconciled, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, to fulfill the visions and the Prophets, and to anoint the most holy one.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of
And after the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made,
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
When thou hast fulfilled these days, lie down again, and sleep upon thy right side forty days, and bear the sins of the house of Judah. A day for a year; a day, I say, for a year will I ever lay upon thee.
Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Disciples sent forth
After these things, the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them, two and two, before him into every city, and place, whither he himself would come.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh
And Jonah went to and entered into the city even a day's journey, and cried, saying, "There shall not pass forty days but Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection
to whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by many tokens; appearing unto them forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God;
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's temptation
and was forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days ate he nothing: And when they were ended, he afterward hungered.