At forty Moses fled from Egypt into the wilderness (Acts 7:23). Forty years later God appear to him in the burning bush (Acts 7:30). He was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights to receive the law (Ex. 24:18). At forty Joshua was sent to spy out the land of Canaan (Josh. 14:7). After forty days he and the spies returned with mixed reports (Num. 13:25). The Israelites wandered the desert forty years, a year for each day of spying (Num. 14:33-4, Deut. 8:2). It was God’s punishment and yet for those forty years they lacked nothing. (Deut. 2:7). For forty years the clothes on their back did not wear out. For forty years their feet did not swell. For forty years their sandals did not wear out (Deut. 8:4, 29:5). And for forty years they ate manna sent from heaven (Ex. 16:35). David, a man after God’s own heart, reigned over Israel for forty years (1Sam. 13:14, 2Sam. 5:4). His son Solomon ruled Israel for forty years (1Kings 11:42). Jonah preached that Nineveh would be destroyed in forty days. The people heard and they repented (Jonah 3:4). Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights and then was tempted by Satan More >