Bible Verses About "What Is the Significance of the Number 40 in the Bible"
The number 40 appears repeatedly in Scripture as a period of testing, preparation, and transformation.
The number 40 appears repeatedly in Scripture as a period of testing, preparation, and transformation.
"And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred." — Matthew 4:2 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "What Is the Significance of the Number 40 in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred."
"To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God."
"After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years."
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