There is somewhat very remarkable in the agreement, between the times of the several periods in which the Lord gave rest to his people from their enemies, Forty years. Moses' life was divided into three forties. The church was in a wilderness-state forty years. And this is spoken of by the Lord himself; as a period in which his patience was exercised. Psalms 95:10. Othniel, Barak and Gideon, each governed forty years. The prophet Ezekiel was commissioned in after ages to tell the church somewhat himself, as typical of these things. Ezekiel 4:6.
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Judges 8:28
28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.