Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.
So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.
They had no one to make arms, there were no more armed men in the towns; was there a body-cover or a spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.
And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven Sabbaths of years, that is forty-nine years;
For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.
And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.
And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.
And his brothers, heads of families, two hundred and forty-two; and Amashsai, the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.
The children of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.
The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two.
The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.
The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.
The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty;
As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music.
They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five transport beasts;
Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.
Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.
Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.
At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.
Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.
And your children will be wanderers in the waste land for forty years, undergoing punishment for your false ways, till your bodies become dust in the waste land.
And as you went through the land viewing it for forty days, so for forty years, a year for every day, you will undergo punishment for your wrongdoing, and you will see that I am against you.
The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.
The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred.
The number of his army was forty-one thousand, five hundred;
These are the families of the sons of Gad as they were numbered, forty thousand, five hundred.
These are the sons of Benjamin by their families: and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand, six hundred.
These are the families of Naphtali by their families: and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand, four hundred.
These are the families of the Reubenites: their number was forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.
And the towns which you give the Levites are to be the six safe places to which the taker of life may go in flight; and in addition you are to give them forty-two towns.
Forty-eight towns are to be given to the Levites, all with land round them.
For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways;
But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.
And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.
And I saw the Lamb on the mountain of Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, marked on their brows with his name and the name of his Father.
And they made as it seemed a new song before the high seat, and before the four beasts and the rulers: and no man might have knowledge of the song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those from the earth whom God has made his for a price.
And he took the measure of its wall, one hundred and forty-four cubits, after the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel.
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