Just a little fyi ... the way I learned it is that the whole "40" thing was just a way of saying "a very long time." And before someone throws out the old standard "but if you learned that in the Catholic Church, you're wrong" thing ... I'll remind you that I was raised in a Disciples of Christ denomination church and converted to the Catholic Church in my 20s so I didn't learn anything in a Catholic school. As far as which church taught me that ... I'll just keep that one to myself.But if you learned that in the Catholic Church/Disciples of Christ, you're wrong. ;^)
-ksen