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The Significance of Number Forty in the Bible

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Biblical Numerology: NUMBER FOUR – Part II

The Significance of Number Forty in the Bible

Forty is the numeric symbol of test, testing; probation.

I. FORTY DAYS

Length of the Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gen. 7: 17, N.K.J.V.
“Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth [fifteen cubits upward, vs. 20].” “And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.” v. 24. A Biblical month is 30 days.

Jacob (Israel’s) Embalming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .