[EggsAckley]

The word '40' is a mistranslation and should in fact be 'many,' not 40.

I, too remember this fact. There are many, many times that the number 40 is used, and this merely meant "many." And, no I can't quote where I've seen it; it is so prevalent that I can't even think of all the places I've read it.

I guess MY "faith" just doesn't allow me to discard scientific facts and stick simply to a document written by humans many years ago. Science is NOT a threat to religion. Those who see it as a threat are missing out on a lot of valuable information. I believe and follow what the Bible instructs as to "does and don'ts" but some of the historical timelines are awfully weak and easily proven to be skewed. JMHO, of course.

Flame away.....I gotta go anyway.

[asformeandformyhouse]

If either of you come across a location reference for this, I would appreciate it if you'd forward this to me. I'll continue to do some checking myself. I know that many times the word that we currently see is not always the best translation and have many examples of such. I use the Blue Letter Bible a lot for the original Hewbrew and Greek, as well as a few other references and none say anything concerning this wording. Thanks in advance.

[VRWC_minion]

705

'arba`iym {ar-baw-eem'} multiple of 702; TWOT - 2106b; n,adj pl AV - forty 132, fortieth 4; 136 1) forty