In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans ¹  disappeared; ²  travelers ³  had to go on winding side roads.

On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for seven more days.

Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”

When Jonah began to enter the city one day’s walk, he announced, “At the end of forty days, ¹  Nineveh will be overthrown!” ² 

And the rain fell ¹  on the earth forty days and forty nights.

At the end of forty days, ¹  Noah opened the window he had made in the ark ² 

He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, ¹  and mourned for his son many days.

“This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches represent ¹  three days.

Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent ¹  three days.

For six days ¹  you may labor ²  and do all your work, ³ 

The priest is to examine and then quarantine the article with the infection for seven days. ¹ 

All the days of his separation he must be holy to the Lord.

“‘Whoever touches ¹  the corpse ²  of any person ³  will be ceremonially unclean ⁴  seven days.

You are to work and do all your tasks in six days,

Have all the warriors march around the city one time; ¹  do this for six days.

Every year ¹  Israelite women commemorate ²  the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days. ³ 

Samson led ¹  Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence. ² 

In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ¹ 

In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ¹