Bible verses about Forty
(From Nave's Topical Bible)

-Remarkable coincidences in the number -DAYS .Of rain, at the time of the flood Genesis 7:17 .Of flood, before sending forth the raven Genesis 8:6 .For embalming Genesis 50:3 .Of fasting .By Moses Exodus 24:18; 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9, 25 .By Elijah I Kings 19:8 .By spies in the land of promise Numbers 13:25 .Of probation, given to the Ninevites Jonah 3:4 .By Jesus Matthew 4:2 .Christ's stay after the resurrection Acts 1:3 .Symbolical Ezekiel 4:6 -YEARS .Wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness Exodus 16:35; Numbers 14:34 .Peace in Israel Judges 3:11; 5:31; 8:28 .Egypt to be desolated Ezekiel 29:11 .To be restored after Ezekiel 29:13 -STRIPES .Administered in punishing criminals Deuteronomy 25:3; II Corinthians 11:24