Forty Days and Forty Nights........

Did you know that there are (at least) eight forty-day periods in the Bible?

- And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. (Genesis 7:12)

- Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him, taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. (Genesis 50:2-3)

- Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. (Exodus 24:18)

- At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land. (Numbers 13:25)

- For forty days the Philistine (Goliath) came forward every morning and evening and took his stand. (1 Samuel 17:16)

- So he (Elijah) got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. (1 Kings 19:8)

- Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” (Jonah 3:4)

- where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. (Luke 4:2)

- After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He (Jesus) appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. (Acts 1:3)