9 Bible Verses about Forty Years
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When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
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.
So the Lord's anger was kindled against the Israelites, and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all that generation that had done wickedly before the Lord was finished.
I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out nor have your sandals deteriorated.
No human foot will pass through it, and no animal's foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years. I will turn the land of Egypt into a desolation in the midst of desolate lands; for forty years her cities will lie desolate in the midst of ruined cities. I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. "'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.
Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.
David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.
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Israel » Under the judges » Led » Eli » Forty years
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years
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.'
and your children will wander in the wilderness forty years and suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your dead bodies lie finished in the wilderness.
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.
No human foot will pass through it, and no animal's foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years.
Punon » Israelite camp » Forty years » Wondering
They traveled from Zalmonah and camped in Punon. They traveled from Punon and camped in Oboth.
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