40

Connections List
 * Fasting
 * Testing
 * Numbers significance
 * Desert wandering

Scope
 * The occurrence of 40 in the bible and other literature, it's significance

Topics
 * Meaning,
 * condensed instances
 * Verses

Meaning
 * Trail, testing
 * Violent cleansing (Noah, lashes)

Condensed instances
 * 400 years desert
 * 40 days flood
 * 4th generation punish
 * 40 days fasting
 * 40 days on Sinai twice
 * 40 days warning to Ninevah
 * 40 days to Pentecost

Verses Nothing in Rev, interestingly
 * Gen 7:4,12,17;8:6 40 days and nights of rain, noah (other refs from that story too)
 * Exod 16:35 40 years in the desert for Israel. Num 14:33-34, connected with 40 days explore Caanan. Num 14:34, 32:13. Dt 2:7, 8:2-4. Josh 5:6. Ps 95:10. Amos 5:25.
 * Both times, Exod 24:18, 34:28; Dt 9:9-11,18, 25 Moses on mountain 40 days and in once case prays 40 days and nights so God does not destroy Israel after golden calf
 * Num 13:25 40 days to explore Caanan (come back with grapes, Anak, caleb)
 * Dt 25:3 40 lashes. Also a Roman rule. 2 Cor 11:24
 * 1 Sam 17:16 40 days Goliath taunts the Israelites
 * 40 appears once or twice in the measurements of the temple. 1 King 6:17, 7:38. Ezekiel 41:2,46:22, Exod 36:24,26.
 * 40 years also appears in some reigns. After Gideon. Also David (2Sm5:4,1K2:11, 1 Chron 29:27), Solomon (1K11:42, 2 chron 9:30), Joash (2K12:1, 2 Chron 24:1), Saul (Acts 13:21).
 * 1 Kings 19:8 Elijah travels to My Horeb mtn of God, fleeing from Jezebel
 * Ezekiel 29:11 Egypt to be barren for 40 years, then gather the scattered of Egypt. This happened by Neby and ended by Cryus, similar to Israel but my guess 30yr between conquer Israel and conquery Egypt.
 * Jonh 3:4 40 more days and Ninevah will be overthrown
 * Matt 4:2 JC fasting, Mark 1:13, Luke 4:2
 * Acts 1:3 JC appears 40 days after resurrection.
 * 400 years in Egypt
 * Ezekiel 4:6 - something about the sins of Judah
 * 40 days in the wilderness tested Jesus. Matt 4:2, Mark 1:13, Luke 4:2
 * Genesis 50:3 embaliming for 40 days, Egyptian
 * Judges 13:11 Israel tormented by Philistines 40 years
 * Ezekiel 29:11-13 cursed land of Egypt
 * Ninevah warning time, Jonah 3:4
 * Moses exile time in Midian. 40yrs old kill Egyptian, 80yrs old come back Acts 7:23,30
 * Exod 20:5 punish children to 4th generation (see actions judgement connection)
 * Note that the pieces of silver from Judas was 30, not 40