Thematic Bible: Periods and numbers


Thematic Bible



Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Kebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from the face of the earth.

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

And we sailed away from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.

And that son, that is priest in his stead, shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

And seven days were fulfilled after that the LORD had smitten the river.

And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days respit, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel: and then, if there is no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went towards Rome.


Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your lewd deeds, until your carcasses shall be wasted in the wilderness.

And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited: they ate manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.

And the land had rest forty years: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.



Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times shall pass over him;


And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water: and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mount: and Moses was on the mount forty days and forty nights.


Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.


And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.


And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.


And the LORD said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.




And they returned from exploring the land after forty days.


And forty days were fulfilled for him; (for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed:) and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.


And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.


And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted above the earth.


Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.


And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:


And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.


After these things, the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city, and place, whither he himself would come.


And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.