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Ancient of Days: An Appellate of Jehovah Daniel 7:9, 13, 22

As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. / In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. / until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom.

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Apostasy: Shall Abound in the Latter Days Matthew 24:12

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

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Apostasy: Shall Abound in the Latter Days 2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

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Apostasy: Shall Abound in the Latter Days 1 Timothy 4:1–3

Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. / They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

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Apostates: Shall Abound in the Latter Days Matthew 24:12

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

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Apostates: Shall Abound in the Latter Days 2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

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Apostates: Shall Abound in the Latter Days 1 Timothy 4:1–3

Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. / They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

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Bad Days Romans 8:18

I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.

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Bad Days Galatians 6:9

Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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Bad Days 2 Corinthians 5:7

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

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Bad Days Philippians 4:19

And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

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Bad Days 1 Peter 1:23

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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Burial of Persons Embalmed, Deferred for Seventy Days Genesis 50:3, 4

taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. / When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that

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Burial of Persons Hanged, Always on the Days of Execution Deuteronomy 21:23

you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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Burial of Persons Hanged, Always on the Days of Execution John 19:31

It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

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Celebrating Birthdays Psalm 118:24

This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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Celebrating Birthdays Romans 14:5, 6

One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. / He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

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Celebrating Birthdays Job 1:4

Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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Celebrating Birthdays Genesis 40:20–22

On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. / Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. / But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

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Celebrating Birthdays Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

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Celebrating Birthdays Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

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Celebrating Birthdays Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

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Celebrating Birthdays Matthew 2:11

On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

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Celebrating Birthdays Matthew 14:6

On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod

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Celebrating Birthdays Proverbs 9:11

For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

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Celebrating Holidays Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

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Celebrating Holidays Romans 14:5, 6

One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. / He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

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Celebrating Holidays Isaiah 1:14, 15

I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. / When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

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Celebrating Holidays Esther 9:20–22

Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far, / to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar / as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

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Celebrating Holidays Matthew 15:3

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

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Celebrating Holidays Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

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Celebrating Holidays Galatians 4:10

You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!

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Celebrating Holidays Luke 16:15

So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

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Celebrating Holidays Deuteronomy 16:16

Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

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Celebrating Holidays Nehemiah 8:9, 10

Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law. / Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

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Celebrating Pagan Holidays Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

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Celebrating Pagan Holidays Matthew 15:3

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

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Celebrating Pagan Holidays Hebrews 10:26

If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

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Celebrating Pagan Holidays Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

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Celebrating Pagan Holidays Romans 14:5, 6

One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. / He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

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Celebrating Pagan Holidays 2 Timothy 3:16, 17

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, / so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

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Celebrating Pagan Holidays Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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Celebrating Pagan Holidays Matthew 4:4

But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

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Celebrating Pagan Holidays John 8:32

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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Celebrating Pagan Holidays Exodus 31:13

“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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Covetousness: Shall Abound in the Last Days 2 Timothy 3:2

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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Covetousness: Shall Abound in the Last Days 2 Peter 2:1–3

Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

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Creation: Effected in Six Normal Days Exodus 20:11

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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Creation: Effected in Six Normal Days Exodus 31:17

It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

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Day: Six Working Days Ordained Exodus 20:9

Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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Day: Six Working Days Ordained Ezekiel 46:1

“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

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Days Psalm 118:24

This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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Days 1 Thessalonians 5:8

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

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Days Luke 1:37

For no word from God will ever fail.”

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Days Genesis 2:2

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

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Daysman: A Mediator Job 9:33

Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

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Daystar: Figurative of Spiritual Life 2 Peter 1:19

We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

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Earthquakes in Canaan, in the Days of Uzziah, King of Judah Amos 1:1

These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

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Earthquakes in Canaan, in the Days of Uzziah, King of Judah Zechariah 14:5

You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.

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Edomites: Revolt in the Days of Joram 2 Kings 8:20–22

In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king. / So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes. / So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

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Edomites: Revolt in the Days of Joram 2 Chronicles 21:8–10

In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king. / So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. / So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.

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Elijah: Fasts for Forty Days 1 Kings 19:8

So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

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End of Days Matthew 24:36

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

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End of Days Matthew 24:44

For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

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End of Days 2 Peter 3:10

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

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End of Days Matthew 24:7

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

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End of Days Luke 21:32

Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

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End of Days Revelation 1:3

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

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End of Days Matthew 24:33

So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

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End of Days 1 John 2:18

Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.

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End of Days Revelation 1:7

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

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End of Days Revelation 1:1

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

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Entertainments: Given on Occasions of Birthdays Mark 6:21

On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

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False Doctrines: Teachers of Shall Abound in the Latter Days 1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

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Famine: Instances of, in Scripture in the Days of Abraham Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

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Famine: Instances of, in Scripture in the Days of Isaac Genesis 26:1

Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

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Famine: Instances of, in Scripture in the Days of Joseph Genesis 41:53–56

When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end, / the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt. / When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

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Fasting: During Forty Days: Jesus Matthew 4:1, 2

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

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Fasting: During Forty Days: Jesus Mark 1:12, 13

At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness, / and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.

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Fasting: During Forty Days: Jesus Luke 4:1, 2

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, / where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

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Fasting: During Forty Days: Moses Deuteronomy 9:9, 18

When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water. / Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.

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Fasting: Prolonged for Forty Days, by Moses Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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Fasting: Prolonged for Forty Days, by Moses Exodus 34:28

So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

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Fasting: Prolonged for Forty Days, by Moses Deuteronomy 9:9, 18

When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water. / Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.

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Feasts: (Instituted by Moses): First and Last Days Were Sabbatic Leviticus 23:39, 40

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day. / On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

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Feasts: (Instituted by Moses): First and Last Days Were Sabbatic Numbers 28:18–25

On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. / Present to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished. / The grain offering shall consist of fine flour mixed with oil; offer three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,

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Feasts: (Instituted by Moses): First and Last Days Were Sabbatic Numbers 29:12, 35

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days. / On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

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Feasts: (Instituted by Moses): First and Last Days Were Sabbatic Nehemiah 8:1–18

At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. / On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand. / So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

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Feasts: Celebrations by Birthdays Genesis 40:20

On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

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Feasts: Celebrations by Birthdays Mark 6:21

On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

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Forty: Days by Elijah 1 Kings 19:8

So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

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Forty: Days by Jesus Matthew 4:2

After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

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Forty: Days by Moses Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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Forty: Days by Moses Exodus 34:28

So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

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Forty: Days by Moses Deuteronomy 9:9, 25

When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water. / So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.

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Forty: Days by Spies in the Land of Promise Numbers 13:25

After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,

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Forty: Days for Embalming Genesis 50:3

taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

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Forty: Days of Flood, Before Sending Forth the Raven Genesis 8:6

After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

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Forty: Days of Probation, Given to the Ninevites Jonah 3:4

On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”

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Forty: Days of Rain, at the Time of the Flood Genesis 7:17

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

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