27 Bible Verses about Three Days

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Genesis 30:36

And he put a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

Exodus 3:18

They will pay heed to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

Exodus 5:3

Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

Exodus 8:27

We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He commands us.”

Exodus 15:22

Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

Numbers 10:33

Thus they set out from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey, with the ark of the covenant of the Lord journeying in front of them for the three days, to seek out a resting place for them.

Numbers 33:8

They journeyed from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness; and they went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

Genesis 40:12

Then Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;

Genesis 40:18

Then Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;

Genesis 42:17

So he put them all together in prison for three days.

Exodus 10:22

So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

Exodus 10:23

They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Leviticus 7:18

So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings should ever be eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be reckoned to his benefit. It shall be an offensive thing, and the person who eats of it will bear his own iniquity.

Leviticus 19:7

So if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an offense; it will not be accepted.

Joshua 2:16

She said to them, “Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not happen upon you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.”

Joshua 2:22

They departed and came to the hill country, and remained there for three days until the pursuers returned. Now the pursuers had sought them all along the road, but had not found them.

Judges 19:4

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.

1 Samuel 9:20

As for your donkeys which were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father’s household?”

1 Samuel 20:19

When you have stayed for three days, you shall go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself on that eventful day, and you shall remain by the stone Ezel.

2 Samuel 24:13

So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now consider and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.”

1 Chronicles 21:12

either three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the Lord, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now, therefore, consider what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.”

1 Kings 12:5

Then he said to them, “Depart for three days, then return to me.” So the people departed.

2 Kings 2:17

But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched three days but did not find him.

1 Chronicles 12:39

They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.

Ezra 8:32

Thus we came to Jerusalem and remained there three days.

Nehemiah 2:11

So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

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And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

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