PERIODS AND NUMBERS
PERIODS AND NUMBERS
(1) Forty Days
— Flood lasted
Gen 7:17
— Noah sends forth a raven at end of
Gen 8:6
— The embalming of Jacob occupied
Gen 50:3
— Moses on the mount fasting
Exo 24:18; Exo 34:28
— Spies in the land of Canaan
Num 13:25
— Moses in prayer for Israel
Deu 9:25
— Goliath’s defiance lasted
1Sa 17:16
— Elijah’s meal lasted
1Ki 19:8
— Ezekiel’s typical period
Eze 4:6
— Jonah’s warning concerning the destruction of Nineveh
Jon 3:4
— Christ’s Temptation
Luk 4:2
— Christ’s appearance after the resurrection
Act 1:3
(2) Forty Years
Exo 16:35; Num 14:33; Jdg 3:11; Psa 95:10; Eze 29:11
(3) Seven Days
Gen 2:3; Gen 7:4; Exo 7:25; Exo 29:30; 1Sa 11:3; 1Sa 13:8; Eze 3:15
Act 20:6; Act 21:4; Act 28:14
(4) Seven Years
Gen 29:18; Gen 41:29; Gen 41:54; Dan 4:23
— Seven, the Number of Perfection. See SEVEN
(5) Seventy
Seventy elders appointed
Num 11:16
— years of captivity
Jer 25:11
— weeks referred to by Daniel
Dan 9:24
— times of forgiveness
Mat 18:22
— disciples sent forth
Luk 10:1