PERIODS AND NUMBERS

(1) Forty Days

-- Flood lasted
Ge 7:17

-- Noah sends forth a raven at end of
Ge 8:6

-- The embalming of Jacob occupied
Ge 50:3

-- Moses on the mount fasting
Ex 24:18; 34:28

-- Spies in the land of Canaan
Nu 13:25

-- Moses in prayer for Israel
De 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
Lu 4:2

-- Christ's appearance after the resurrection
Ac 1:3

(2) Forty Years

Ex 16:35; Nu 14:33; Jud 3:11; Ps 95:10; Eze 29:11

(3) Seven Days

Ge 2:3; 7:4; Ex 7:25; 29:30; 1Sa 11:3; 13:8; Eze 3:15
Ac 20:6; 21:4; 28:14

(4) Seven Years

Ge 29:18; 41:29,54; Da 4:23

-- Seven, the Number of Perfection. See SEVEN

(5) Seventy

Seventy elders appointed
Nu 11:16

-- years of captivity
Jer 25:11

-- weeks referred to by Daniel
Da 9:24

-- times of forgiveness
Mt 18:22

-- disciples sent forth
Lu 10:1

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