'Long' in the Bible

[Although] God spoke long ago in many parts and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,

But encourage one another {day by day}, as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened} by the deception of sin.

again he ordains a certain day, today, speaking by David after so long a time, just as had been said before, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."