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The phrase "In the beginning the Universe was created." - including the spaces and the period (but not the quotes) contains 42 characters!
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It took God 6 days to create the universe. He rested on the 7th day which is considered to be a holy day by many, this is 6 * 7 = 42.
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Biblical sighting from 2 Kings 2:23-24: (23) And he (Elisha) went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. (24) And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
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Biblical sighting: Numbers, 35.6: And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levities there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the man slayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
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Biblical sighting in the New Testament, Matthew 1:17, (King James Version) So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. Adding these 3 fourteen's together produces 42! i.e. There were 42 generations from Abraham to Jesus Christ.
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Biblical sighting, Revelation 11:2: Forty-two months was how long the profanation of the holy city was to last.
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Biblical sighting, Revelation 13:5: The beast was given a mouth uttering proud boasts and blasphemies, and it was given authority to act for forty-two months.
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Biblical sighting, Revelation 11:2: *Forty-two months was how long the profanation of the holy city was to last.
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Biblical sighting, Revelation 11:3: Twelve hundred and sixty days (forty-two months) was the length of the prophetic mission of the two witnesses.
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Biblical sighting, Revelation 12:6-14: Twelve hundred and sixty days (forty-two months), is the length of the retreat to the desert the woman goes on to escape the Serpent.
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Biblical sighting, Revelation 11:2: But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
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The Torah (the holy book of Judaism) is broken into columns, each of which always have exactly 42 lines of Hebrew.