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    The number 40 in the Bible is used many times why is the number so importance?

    ThE Bible used the number 40 in Genesis 7:4, 12, 17, 8:5,  Deuteronomy  10:10, and other places  in  theBible. Why 40?

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    The number 40 in the Bible is symbolic of a period of testing. Just as Noah's faith was put to the test of 40 days and nights of rain, the children of Israel being tested in the wilderness for 40 years, and Jesus' fasting of 40 days before he began his public ministry.
    Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_number_40_represent_in_the_Bible#ixzz24QPr69zN

    Let me know if you have come to any conclusion, Recon40.



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