The number forty in the Bible
What is the significance of the number forty in the Bible? For Noah it rained forty days and forty nights, Moses led his people through the wilderness for forty years, and Jesus fasted for forty days while being tempted by Satan.
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The ancient calendar was "A year and a day" 28x13 plus one day. It followed the pattern of the moon and women's cycles. There are 13 lunar months to a calendar plus the "extra" day. The seasonal changes were for planting and harvest and fertility of the land. Each season had it's own God and Goddess which were worshiped. The calendar changed when the sun became the focus of worship instead of the moon, because the sun has no specific pattern as the moon does.
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Because originally there was only 10 months in a year..ie October would have been the eighth not the tenth and forty days was supposed to represent a month..this all before we got clever,'cos they were a bit thick in those days..and seasonal changes gave dry and wet events...nothing sinister in any of it really.
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