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Nineveh took three days to cross
Jonah describes Nineveh as "an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across". Jonah 3:3–5
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"Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across. Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, 'In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!'" Jonah 3:3–4
The people believed God, proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least. Jonah 3:5
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Jonah 3:3–5 WEB
3So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across. 4Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!” 5The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.