Acts 13:18

New American Bible - revised edition

and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:30

You were patient with them for many years, bearing witness against them through your spirit, by means of your prophets; Still they would not listen. Therefore you delivered them into the power of the peoples of the lands.

Exodus 16:2

Here in the wilderness the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 16:35

The Israelites ate the manna for forty years, until they came to settled land; they ate the manna until they came to the borders of Canaan.

Numbers 14:22

of all the people who have seen my glory and the signs I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who nevertheless have put me to the test ten times already and have not obeyed me,

Acts 7:36

This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the desert for forty years.

Deuteronomy 1:31

as well as in the wilderness, where you saw how the Lord, your God, carried you, as one carries his own child, all along your journey until you arrived at this place.”

Deuteronomy 9:7

Remember and do not forget how you angered the Lord, your God, in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious toward the Lord.