Forty

Forty [NAVE]

FORTY
Remarkable coincidences in the number.
Days
Of rain, at the time of the flood, Gen. 7:17; of flood, before sending forth the raven, Gen. 8:6.
For embalming, Gen. 50:3.
Of fasting: By Moses, Ex. 24:18; 34:28; Deut. 9:9, 25; Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:8; Jesus, Matt. 4:2.
Spies in the land of promise, Num. 13:25.
Of probation, given to the Ninevites, Jonah 3:4.
Christ's stay after the resurrection, Acts 1:3.
Symbolical, Ezek. 4:6.
Years
Wanderings of the Israelites in the Wilderness, Ex. 16:35; Num. 14:34.
Peace in Israel, Judg. 3:11; 5:31; 8:28.
Egypt to be desolated, Ezek. 29:11; to be restored after, Ezek. 29:13.
Stripes
Administered in punishing criminals, Deut. 25:3; 2 Cor. 11:24.

FORTY [ISBE]

FORTY - for'-ti ('arba`im; tessarakonta).

See FOUR (5); NUMBER.