Joshua 4:13
4:13 About forty thousand battle-ready troops
marched past the
Lord to fight
on the plains of Jericho.
Joshua 21:41
21:41 The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.
Joshua 14:7
14:7 I was forty years old when Moses, the
Lord’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report.
Joshua 5:6
5:6 Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the
Lord, died off.
For the
Lord had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them,
a land rich in
milk and honey.
Joshua 14:10
14:10 So now, look, the
Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the
Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.