The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-31
THE FoRTIrs OF THE BIBLE.


1t lie well for everybody to know the
I'm portant facts concerning the num-
Dor forty In the Bible.
Forty is . great number. Isaac was
forty years OF age when he married
Rehabilitation. 25, 90.
Esau was forty years old when b @
married Judith and Bashemath. He
married these two girls at the same
time.-Gen. &c, 81.
Forty days were required by the
Egyptians for embalming. Jacob
was the first person In the Bible to be
embalmed. Gen. so. 2-3.
Joseph, his sol. was the only per-
son afterwards being embalmed, that
was put into a coffin. the only COT
fin mentioned In the Bible. His bones
were carried by the children OF Israel
all through the forty years OF their
wanderings In the wilderness. ten.
so. 26. Exodus 10, 10. Joshua "a, b.
Moses was up In Mount Sinai forty
days and nights. In few days more
he was there forty days and nights
more Exodus "a, 10; "a. 70; Deut. ..
1918.
The children OF Israel were 90 years
| In the wilderness. Their clothing and
shoes. -Deut. 20, 8; Neli. 9. 81.
During their forty years In Il Q will
| derness IL is calculated by good au-
thority Tint they had "a 466 bushels Of
mama every dDy, or 1870, 002. 900
bushels In the forty years they were
III the wilderness, and God did not let
the supply full them ono single
day. IL had to be gathered before the
sun arose In the morning. Exodus l6
14-15
Each man was allowed to gather an
omer day for five days, and on the
sixth dav n double portion for tho
sabbath, and 10 more. An omer was
little over five pinLs II / mistake
not.
The forty journeys OF tho Isruelltes
can be found in Numbers. the 33d
chapter. There are ST. verses In the
chapter and fifty of them commence
with the word and
The twelve spies sent out by Moses
were 40 days In spying it out. Two OF
them brought back u cluster OF grapes
upon a staff-not pole. as many
quoLe 1t. Historians toll us that this
bunch OF grapes was three feet ong.
und as large around MS two men could
reach around with both arms Num-
bers 10. l-25
believe that Caleb and Joshua were
the two that carried theee grapes. as
they wero the only ones that made u
good report Numbers IA. Ito.
luo vi 1blhellltb Ntlo
the hands of the Phlllstines forty
years. Judges IL, /.
Elijah was forty days and forty
nights on Mount IIoreb Kings 10,
s. While there he did not hear God,
in a stormy wind which rent the noun.
tains, and brake the rocks, nor In the
earthquake. nor the lire, but after the
fire he heard God in a still smull voice.
i Kings II, IA.
Abuon was the father OF forty sons.
Judges IL. IA.
Forty-two thousand men fell, be-
cause they could not pronounce word
right. IL, @.
No foot of man or beast was to pass
through the land OF Egypt for lorty
ears Ezekiel 20. II.
The land after forty years, was re-
stored.-Ezekiel2 20. Is.
Saul, David and Solomon each
reigned forty yeara as kings.
Joash also was u king for forty
yeurs.
Moses was three times forty years
OF age when he died on Mount Nebo.
lie was buried by the Lord In the val
ley of Moab. and no man knoweth of
his sepulchro TO this day. Dcut. 81. q.
Ninevah had forty days to repent In
Jonah. 8. 4.
There were three times forty thous-
aud persons who could not tell their
right hand from their left hand
Jonah, 4, IL. l-......
Our Savior was tempted by Satan
for forty days In tho wilderness. lie
told Satan that 1t was written. Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God, and
him only thou shalt serve.
Satan said, III thou be tho Son Of
God, cast thyself down from themes
for 1t ia written, He shall give his
angels charge over thee. To keep thee."
Luke 4. go
The word "IIerod" occurs 40 times
in the New Testament only.
Milk Is found 40 times In the Old
Testament.
Exodus Is tho only book of the III
bio that has 40 verses in 1t.
Exodus IS; Numbers 20; Judges g.
Chronicles Z, IL; Job 81; Psalms 81;
jeremiah rs, 81; John is; Acts &, 49, 81 !;
| Corinthians IA; Hebrews IL, are the
only chapters in the Bible with 40
verses each in them.
There was quietness in the land Of
aiIdinn for ~ years In the days Of
Gideon. Judges 8, 2S.
The lind Of Canaan had rest for 30
yoars In the days of Barah and Deb
orah.-Judges >. 81.
The land had rest also in the days
OF O.hnlel for forty years-Jutges
IL.
This article gives about all of the
torties found la the Bible.
Ilaymont. Dec. 22d, 1893.