Thematic Bible: Periods and numbers


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I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, who lived by the Kebar River. I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsWeeksPeople AppalledRivers As Places Of Prayer

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation. Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodSevenSabbath, In OtConsecrationThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7Holy TimesBlessed By GodCreationGod's CreationSanctification

For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made." Verse ConceptsFlood, TheRainWeeksElements, Control OfDivine Power Over NatureSeven DaysMore Than One MonthGod KillingGod Killing All People

After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsWeeksSeven DaysWarning IndividualsSpeaking By The Spirit

We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days. Verse ConceptsPaul, Life OfWeeksFour Or Five DaysSeven DaysSea Travel

The priest who succeeds him from his sons, when he first comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days. Verse ConceptsWeeksSevenSeven DaysPriests Garments

Seven full days passed after the Lord struck the Nile. Verse ConceptsWeeksSevenSeven Days

The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Leave us alone for seven days so that we can send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If there is no one who can deliver us, we will come out voluntarily to you." Verse ConceptsWeeksSeven DaysLeave Us AloneSurrender

He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. Verse ConceptsWeeksSeven DaysPeople WaitingScattering FollowersWaiting For God's Timing

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome. Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofWeeksSeven Days

For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, 'These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.' 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 wander in the wilderness forty years and suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your dead bodies lie finished in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsMonotonyUnfaithfulness, To GodParents SinDying In The WildernessDeath As PunishmentThose Who Kept Stock

Now the Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was inhabited; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 Years

The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died. Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsTime Of Peace

No human foot will pass through it, and no animal's foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years. Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyBoth Men And Animals Affected


Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsPlenty In Egypt

Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.

As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him' -- Verse ConceptsStumps Of A TreeFelling TreesSeven YearsIron ObjectsRelation Of Animals To ManSpecific Holy Individuals

So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfThe Number FortyWaterForty DaysTen ThingsMore Than One MonthFasting For Long PeriodsTerms Of The Covenant At SinaiThe Law Given Through Moses

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

I lay flat on the ground before the Lord for forty days and nights, for he had said he would destroy you. Verse ConceptsForty DaysSecret PrayerMore Than One MonthGod Might Kill His People

This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.' Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine Gift70 To 80 YearsServing Kings

Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyStandingForty DaysMore Than One MonthAt Morning And Evening

The Lord said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you. Verse ConceptsSeventiesLeadersIdentityResponsibilityThe Elderlyeldersorganizationgathering


They returned from investigating the land after forty days. Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One Monthexploring

They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. Verse ConceptsLossForty DaysMore Than One MonthTwo To Four MonthsPreparation For Burial

So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthFasting For Long Periods

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

"Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint 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

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the ark Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthThe Act Of Opening

"When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days -- I have assigned one day for each year. Verse ConceptsForty DaysDoing Things TwiceOne DayMore Than One Month40 To 50 YearsCarrying SinOther Right PartsGod's People Sinning

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go. Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofMissionaries, Call OfCompanionshipMissionary Work, Examples OfSeventyTwo DisciplesPeople Going BeforeSeventiesChrist SendingMissionariesDiscipleshipgroups

When Jonah began to enter the city one day's walk, he announced, "At the end of forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!" Verse ConceptsHeraldMissionaries, Task OfProphets, Role OfThe Number FortyForty DaysOne DayMore Than One Month

To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God. Verse ConceptsAlive, Description OfAssurance, basis ofHistoryKingdom Of God, Coming OfPersuasionProof, As EvidenceThe Number FortyJesus Christ, ResurrectionInfallible ProofsForty DaysMore Than One MonthThe Witness Of ChristProofsDuring The DayChrist Is RisenPassion


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