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Jump to navigationJump to search- 40 - The number 40 is significant in Judaic, Christian and Islamic tradition: the tag Forty days and forty nights describes the period for which rain fell during Noah's flood, the period Moses spent on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments and the period Christ spent in the wilderness. In modern Western Christian practice, Lent consists of the 40 days preceding Easter.
