B I B L I C A L N U M B E R S

N u m b e r s 1 · 3

Comment Scripture

The Bible repeats the phrase 'according to the number' 44 times, what gives us already a good impression on how im-
Prologue portant specific numbers are for THEOS - those numbers being regularly associated to events, festivals, laws, patterns,
people, principles, rules and places - wonderfully underlining the authority of Scriptures that are perfectly interwoven
on the level of testaments, books, chapters, verses, words, symbolism, types, numbers and more ...

The following numbers do not attempt to be complete and to bore you with the least significant correlation or questionable
interpretation of numbers. You will rather find the truly relevant numbers and those appearances that give also relevance to
the meaning of the respective number.

The number 1 symbolizes supremacy, singleness, THEOS' unique and universal power. It also stands for the unity and
1 primacy of THEOS' family being one.

ONE. And KYRIOS will be KING over all the earth; Zec
14:9
on that day KYRIOS will be One and His name One.
... grace to you and peace from the One who is and the One who was and Rev
1:4-6
the One who is coming ...

The first commandment. “There shall be for you no other gods before me. Exo 20:3

CHRISTOS is the 'firstborn', ... the SON He loves, in whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of sins, Col
1:12-15
meaning His supremacy and who is the image of the invisible THEOS, the firstborn over all creation ...
sovereignty over all things. ... conformed to the image of His SON, so that He should be the firstborn among many Rom
8:29
brothers.
... “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, and the one who lives, and I was dead, Rev
1:17-18
and behold, I am living forever and ever ...
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” Rev 22:13

CHRIST is the 'first fruits'. But now CHRIST has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have 1Cor
15:20-23
fallen asleep. [...] in CHRIST all will be made alive. But each in his own group:
CHRIST the first fruits, then those who are CHRIST’s at his coming

The supremacy of THEOS. He ... eager to keep the unity of the SPIRIT in the bond of peace; one body and one SPIRIT Eph
4:1-7
joins all people together under (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling), one KYRIOS, one faith, one
His sovereign rule. baptism, one THEOS and FATHER of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all ...

The number 3 symbolizes completeness.

3
3 persons of the Trinity. And while He [The SON] was with them, He commanded them [...] wait for what was Act
1:4-5
promised by the FATHER, which you heard about from me. For John baptized with
water, but you will be baptized with the HOLY SPIRIT not many days from now.”

Humans are 3 in 1 - the body And Mary said, “My soul exalts KYRIOS, and my spirit has rejoiced greatly in THEOS Luk
1:46-48
(soma), the soul (psyche) and my Savior, because He has looked upon the humble state of his female slave ...
the spirit (pneuma). For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. Jam 2:26

3 days until THEOS brought the And THEOS said, “Let the waters under heaven be gathered to one place, and let the Gen
1:9-13
earth out of the waters of death, dry ground appear.” And it was so. [...] And THEOS saw that it was good. And there
preparing it for life on the earth. was evening and there was morning, a third day.

3 Angels appeared to Abraham. And KYRIOS appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. [...] And he lifted up his eyes Gen
18:1-3
and saw, and behold, three men were standing near him ...

The magicians could repeat And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring out the gnats [after they Exo
8:18-19
2 plagues, but they failed at also turned 'water into blood' and added frogs], but they were not able, and the
the third plague and openly gnats were on the humans and on the animals. And the magicians said to Pharaoh,
acknowledged THEOS. “It is the finger of THEOS.” But the heart of Pharaoh was hard ...

3 witnesses and 3 spiritual ... He took along Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray [...] Luk
9:28-36
persons at the Transfiguration. His clothing became white, gleaming like lightning [...] And behold, two men were
talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory ...

IESOUS prayed 3 times in ... “My FATHER, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will must be done.” [...] Mat
26:39-44
Gethsemane before His arrest. He went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing again.

Peter denied IESOUS 3 times. And Peter remembered the statement IESOUS had said, “Before the rooster crows, Mat
26:75
you will deny me three times,” and he went outside and wept bitterly.
IESOUS challenged Peter 3 times. He said to him a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” [...] Joh
21:17
You know that I love you!” IESOUS said to him, “Feed my sheep!

IESOUS had been 3 days and ... He said, ‘After three days I will rise.’ Therefore give orders that the tomb be made Mat
27:62-65
nights in the tomb. secure until the third day ...
For just as Jonah was in the hollow of the huge fish three days and three nights, Mat
12:40
so will be the SON of man in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Paul was blind for 3 days, until and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, Act
9:8-19
his sight was restored and he and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus, and he was three days
was baptized (completeness without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink. [...] ‘Saul, brother, KYRIOS hath sent
of his transformation). me - IESOUS who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming - that
thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the HOLY SPIRIT.’ And immediately
there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen,
was baptized, and having received nourishment, was strengthened ...

3 mission trips of Paul. Therefore, sent out by the HOLY SPIRIT, they came down to Seleucia, and from there Act
13-14
they sailed away to Cyprus.
... Paul said to Barnabas, “Come then, let us return and visit the brothers in every Act
15-18
town in which we proclaimed the word of KYRIOS, to see how they are doing.”
And when he arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went Act
18-21
down to Antioch.

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N u m b e r 6

Comment Scripture

The number 6 symbolizes man, created on the sixth day and ought to labor 6 days. It also stands for human weakness,
6 the evils of Satan, the manifestation of sin and even earthquakes.

Man was created on day 6. So THEOS created humankind in his image [...] And there was evening, and there Gen
1:27-31
was morning, a sixth day.

6 days of creation. ... in six days KYRIOS made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh he ceased Exo
31:17
and recovered.”

6 days of work. Six days you will work, and you will do all your work. Exo 20:9

6 times of marching around You will march around the city, all the warriors circling the city once; you will do so for Jos
6 earthquakes are mentioned [1] And Mount Sinai [...] the whole mountain trembled greatly. Exo6:3
19:18
Jericho. six days.
in the Bible. [2 Elijah] ... there was an earthquake; but KYRIOS was not in the earthquake. 1Kin 19:11

[3] ... in the days of Jeroboam the son of Jehoash, two years before the earthquake. Amo 1:1

[4] ... they saw the earthquake [...] “Truly this man was THEOS' SON!” Mat 27:54

[5] ... there was a great earthquake, for an angel of KYRIOS ... rolled away the stone ... Mat 28:2

[6] ... a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken ... Act 16:26

IESOUS was accused 6 times [1] ... “By the ruler of the demons He expels the demons!” Mar 3:22
of being demon possessed. [2] But some of them said, “By Beelzebul the ruler of demons He expels demons!” Luk 11:15

[3] The crowd replied, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” Joh 7:20

[4] ... “Do we not correctly say that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Joh 8:48

[5] The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that you have a demon! ... Joh 8:52

[6] And many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is out of His mind! ... Joh 10:20

6 trials of IESOUS (analogous 1. Trial Annas · 2. Trial Caiaphas · 3. Trial High Council · Good
Message
to Jericho; 6 preceding events). 4. Trial Pilate · 5. Trial Herod · 6. Trial Pilate

IESOUS was crucified on the ... because it was the Day of Preparation [Passover started on Abib 15; Day of Pre- see study
'CHRIST'
sixth day of the Passover Week. paration on Abib 20; Extraordinary Sabbath on Abib 21], so that the bodies would
not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an important day) ...

IESOUS suffered 6 long hours Now it was the third hour when they crucified Him. Mar 15:25
on the cross. And about the ninth hour IESOUS cried out with a loud voice, saying, Mat
27:46
“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” ...

Three 6's is the number and Here is wisdom: the one who has understanding, let him calculate the number Rev
13:18
mark of the beast. of the beast, for it is man’s number, and his number is six hundred sixty-six.

Significant events in Bible history show repeatedly the 6+1 pattern:

1. The Creation Week And THEOS blessed the seventh day, and He sanctified it, because on it He rested Gen
2:3
(6 work days + 1 rest day) from all His work of creating that there was to do.
⁞
2. The Calendar Week ‘For six days work is to be done, and on the seventh day shall be a Sabbath of com- Lev
23:3
⁞ (6 work days + plete rest, a holy assembly; you shall not do any work; it shall be a Sabbath for KYRIOS
1 rest day) in all your dwellings.

⁞ 3. The Battle of Jericho You will march around the city, all the warriors circling the city once; you will do so Jos
6:3
(6 marching days + for six days.
6+1 1 day of victory) Then on the seventh day they rose early at dawn, and they marched around the city Jos
6:15-20
Pattern in this manner seven times. [...] And when the people heard the sound of the trumpet,
they raised a great shout, and the wall fell flat. The people charged, each one straight
ahead into the city, and they captured it.
⁞
4. The Passover Festival Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be an Deu
16:8
⁞ (6 days of unleavened bread + assembly for KYRIOS your THEOS; you shall not do work.
1 Sabbath of Sabbaths)

⁞ 5. IESOUS' Suffering 6 days passed from the first day of Unleavened Bread (Abib 15) until the day ▶ see
study
'CHRIST'
(6 days of trials, crucifixion + of crucifixion (Abib 20) - the seventh day is the first full day when IESOUS
7th day of total rest) rested in the tomb (Abib 21) !!!

6+3
see study 'CHRIST · Harmonization of Passover Chronology · Refutation of Fast-Track Trial'
Pattern

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N u m b e r 7

Comment Scripture

The number 7 symbolizes completeness (e.g. of creation) and perfection. Foundation of THEOS' word.
7
7 in the Bible structure. The Old Testament consisted originally of 22 books [counted today as 39 books],
while the New Testament consists of 27 books = 49 books (multiple 7).

7th day of creation. ... in six days KYRIOS made the heavens and the earth, Exo
31:17
and on the seventh He ceased and recovered.”

7 day week - seventh day of ‘For six days work is to be done, and on the seventh day shall be a [Weekly] Sabbath Lev
23:3
Sabbath rest. of complete rest, a holy assembly; you shall not do any work ...

7 Sabbaths of Sabbaths ‘These are KYRIOS' appointed times, holy assemblies, which you shall proclaim Lev
23:4-38
(Extraordinary / High at their appointed time [...] you must observe your Extraordinary Sabbath.”
Sabbaths) in total. [1. Passover / Unleavened Bread; Nisan 15]
[2. Passover / Unleavened Bread; Nisan 21]
[3. The Feast of Weeks / Harvest / Pentecost; +50 Days]
[4. The Feast of Trumpets; Ethanim 1]
[5. Day Of Atonement; Ethanim 10]
[6. Feast of Tabernacles; Ethanim 15]
[7. Feast of Tabernacles; Ethanim 22]

The Sabbath Year. But in the seventh year it shall be a [Extraordinary] Sabbath of complete rest for Lev
25:4
the land - a Sabbath for KYRIOS ...

The Jubilee Year - every ‘And you shall count for yourself seven Sabbaths of years [...] You shall have Lev
25:8-11
7x7=49th year. the fiftieth year as a Jubilee [...] you must not harvest its unpruned vines.

Genealogies - important [7] And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied ... Jud 1:14
patriarchs often fall into the [21st generation = Abraham]
pattern of 7 generations.
[35th generation = David]
[77th generation = IESOUS CHRISTOS]

7 One's There is one body and Eph

4:4-6
one SPIRIT - just as you were called to the
one hope that belongs to your call -
one KYRIOS,
one faith,
one baptism,
one THEOS and FATHER of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Sevenfold. If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech will be avenged seventy times seven. Gen 4:24

... return to our neighbors sevenfold upon them their taunts ... Psa 79:12

But if he is found, he will pay sevenfold, every possession of his house he shall give. Pro 6:31

Moses annointed the Tabernacle Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, Lev
8:10-11
exactly 7 times. and he consecrated them. And he spattered part of it on the altar seven times - thus
he anointed the altar and all of its utensils ...
The ordination of Aaron and his And you must not go out from the entrance to the tent of assembly for seven days, Lev
8:33-35
sons took 7 days. until the day of fulfilling the days of your consecration, because it will take seven
days to ordain you ...

7 Seals of the Judgment. 1 Battles · 2 Warfare & Slaughter · 3 Famine · 4 Death · 5 Vision of Martyrs · Rev
6-7
6 Earthquake, Black Sun, Blood Moon, Falling Stars, Seal For Israel · 7 Trumpets.
7 Trumpets of the Judgment. 1 Earth Burned · 2 Sea Life Destroyed · 3 Waters Unusable · 4 Lights Darkened · Rev
8-14
5 Locust Plague · 6 Death, Warnings · 7 Great Battle, Second Coming, Rapture.
7 Bowls of the Judgment. 1 Sores · 2 Sea to Blood · 3 Waters to Blood · 4 Heatwave · Rev
15-18
5 Darkness · 6 Armageddon · 7 Earthquake, Fall of Babylon.

Significant events in Bible history show repeatedly the 7+1 pattern:

1. Festival of Shelters. For seven days you must present an offering [...] On the eighth day it shall be a holy Lev
23:36
(7 festival days + assembly for you, and you shall present an offering made by fire to KYRIOS; it is a
1 holy day) celebration; you must not do any regular work. Num
29:32-40
And he read from the scroll of the law of THEOS day by day [...] They celebrated Neh
8:18
the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day there was an assembly according
to the rule.

2. Pentecost. ... there shall be seven full weeks. Until the day after the seventh Sabbath you shall Lev
23:15-16
(day 8 of the 7th week = 50) count fifty days; then you shall present a new grain offering for KYRIOS.

3. Purification / Ordination of Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle [...] he spattered part Lev
8:10-11
priests (Tabernacle). of it on the altar seven times - thus he anointed the altar and all of its utensils ...
(7 days of ordination + And you must not go out from the entrance to the tent of assembly for seven days [...] Lev
1 day of THEOS' it will take seven days to ordain you [...] KYRIOS commanded to be done in order to 8:33-36
appearance) make atonement for you ...
Then on the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and Israel’s elders, Lev
9:1-24
and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a bull calf as a sin offering and a ram as
a burnt offering [...] fellowship offerings to sacrifice before KYRIOS, and a grain
offering mixed with oil, because today KYRIOS will appear to you.” [...] Then a fire
⁞ went out from before KYRIOS, and it consumed the burnt offering [...] all the people
saw it, so they shouted for joy, and they fell on their faces.

⁞ 4. Dedication of the Temple. And Solomon held a feast at that time of seven days. And all Israel was with him, a 2Chr
7:7-10
(7 festival days + very great assembly, from Lebo-Hamath to the river of Egypt. And on the eighth day
1 day of purification) they made a solemn assembly, for they held the dedication of the altar seven days
⁞
and the feast seven days ...

7+1 5. Ezekiel's vision. For seven days you must provide a goat of sin offering [...] Seven days they must Eze
43:25-27
Pattern (7 days of purification + purify the altar [...] on the eighth day and beyond that the priests will offer on the
1 day of offerings) altar your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings ...

⁞ 6. Circumcision after childbirth. ... ‘When a woman becomes pregnant and she gives birth to a male, then she shall Lev
12:2-3
(7 unclean days + be unclean seven days - as in the time of her menstrual bleeding, she shall become
1 day of purification) unclean. And on the eighth day his foreskin’s flesh shall be circumcised.
⁞
7. Cleaning from skin diseases. Then the one who presents himself for cleansing shall wash ... himself in the water [...] Lev
14:8-18
⁞ (7 unclean days + shall stay outside his tent for seven days. And then on the seventh day he must shave
1 day of purification) off all his hair [...] “And on the eighth day he must take two male lambs [...] a grain
offering [...] a guilt offering [...] a wave offering [...] shall spatter some of the oil with
his finger seven times before KYRIOS. [...] the priest shall make atonement ...

8. Cleansing from bodily ... he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing; then he shall wash ... Lev
15:13-15
discharges. his body with fresh water, and he shall be clean. Then on the eighth day he shall ...
(7 unclean days + sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and so the priest
1 day of purification) shall make atonement for him before KYRIOS from his body fluid discharge.

9. Animal offerings. ... “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, then it shall be under its mother Lev
22:26-27
(7 days + 1 acceptable day) for seven days, and from the eighth day and beyond it is acceptable as an offering ...

10. Nazirite vow. ... ‘All the days of the vow of his separation a razor will not pass over his head. [...] Num
6:9-11
(7 days + ‘If someone dies suddenly [...] on the seventh day he will shave it off. On the eighth
1 acceptable day) day he will bring ... a sin offering and one for a burnt offering, and he will make
atonement for him ...

11. The sons of Jesse. And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, 1Sam
16:11-13
(7 sons rejected + “KYRIOS has not chosen any of these.” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young
David anointed) men here?” And he said, “The youngest still remains, but look, he is shepherding the
flock.” [...] And KYRIOS said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” So Samuel took the
horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers ...

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N u m b e r s 8 · 9 · 10 · 12

Comment Scripture

The number 8 represents atonement, purification and reconciliation. It also stands for a new beginning, meaning
8 a new order or creation.

Circumcision after childbirth. And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child ... Luk 1:59

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision [...] and circumcised him on the Act
7:8
eighth day, and Isaac did so with Jacob, and Jacob did so with the twelve patriarchs.
... If anyone else thinks to put confidence in the flesh, I [Paul] can do so more: Php
3:4-5
circumcised on the eighth day, from the nation of Israel ...

Elijah - Return of Rain. Then he said to his servant, “Please go and look in the direction of the sea.” [1st time] 1Kin
18:43-44
(1st ascent + 7 further ascents) So he went up and looked; then he said, “There is nothing.” Then he said, [2nd-8th
time] “Go back,” seven times. It happened that at the seventh time, he said, “Look,
there is a small cloud, as the hand of a man, coming up from the sea.” Then Elijah
said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Harness your horses and go down, lest the rain stop you.”

THEOS saved eight people on ... the patience of THEOS waited in the days of Noah, while an ark was being 1Pet
3:20
the ark - for a new beginning constructed, in which a few - that is, eight souls - were rescued through water.
for mankind.

The most quoted verse within ΑΓΑΠΗϹΕΙϹ ΤΟΝ ΠΛΗϹΙΟΝ ϹΟΥ ѠϹ ϹΕΑΥΤΟΝ Lev 19:18
the Bible is 'You shall love your [1] ΑΓΑΠΗϹΕΙϹ ΤΟΝ ΠΛΗϹΙΟΝ ϹΟΥ ... Mat 5:43
neighbor as yourself', which is
quoted 8 times from the Old [2] ΑΓΑΠΗϹΕΙϹ ΤΟΝ ΠΛΗϹΙΟΝ ϹΟΥ ѠϹ ϹΕΑΥΤΟΝ. Mat 19:19

Testament. [3] ΑΓΑΠΗϹΕΙϹ ΤΟΝ ΠΛΗϹΙΟΝ ϹΟΥ ѠϹ ϹΕΑΥΤΟΝ. Mat 22:39

[4] ΑΓΑΠΗϹΕΙϹ ΤΟΝ ΠΛΗϹΙΟΝ ϹΟΥ ѠϹ ϹΕΑΥΤΟΝ. Mar 12:31

[5] ΑΓΑΠΗϹΕΙϹ [...] ΚΑΙ ΤΟΝ ΠΛΗϹΙΟΝ ϹΟΥ ѠϹ ϹΕΑΥΤΟΝ. Luk 10:27

[6] ΑΓΑΠΗϹΕΙϹ ΤΟΝ ΠΛΗϹΙΟΝ ϹΟΥ ѠϹ ϹΕΑΥΤΟΝ Rom 13:9

[7] ΑΓΑΠΗϹΕΙϹ ΤΟΝ ΠΛΗϹΙΟΝ ϹΟΥ ѠϹ ϹΕΑΥΤΟΝ. Gal 5:14

[8] ΑΓΑΠΗϹΕΙϹ ΤΟΝ ΠΛΗϹΙΟΝ ϹΟΥ ѠϹ ϹΕΑΥΤΟΝ ... Jam 2:8

The number 9 symbolizes divine completeness and conveys the meaning of finality, fruitfulness, hidden good,
9 inverted good, concealment, truth and judgment.

IESOUS died at the ninth hour Now from the sixth hour (noon), darkness came over all the land until the Mat
27:45
and the darkness lasted until ninth hour (3pm).
the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour IESOUS cried out with a loud voice, saying, Mat
27:46
“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” ...

We count 9 Fruits of the SPIRIT. But the fruit of the SPIRIT is [1] love, [2] joy, [3] peace, [4] patience, Gal
5:22
[5] kindness, [6] goodness, [7] faithfulness, [8] gentleness, [9] self control.

The number 10 symbolizes testimony, law, responsibility and the completeness of order.
10
10 commandments. 1 No Other gods · 2 No Idols · 3 Honor His Name · 4 Keep Weekly Sabbath · Exo
20:2-17
5 Honor Your Parents · 6 No Murder · 7 No Adultery · 8 No Stealing ·
9 No False Witness · 10 No Covetousness

10 plagues. 1 Nile into Blood · 2 Plague of Frogs · 3 Plague of Lice · 4 Swarms of Beasts · Exo
7-12
5 Plague on the Cattle · 6 Boils · 7 Hail, Thunder and Lightening · 8 Locusts ·
9 Darkness · 10 Death of Firstborn

A perfect number that symbolizes THEOS' power and authority.

12
12 calendar months. 1 New Month (Abib, Nisan) · 2 Ziv (Iyyar) · 3 Sivan · 4 Tammuz · 5 Ab · 6 Elul · see study
'CHRIST'
7 Ethanim (Tishri) · 8 Bul (Heshvan) · 9 Kislev · 10 Tebeth · 11 Shebat · 12 Adar

12 tribes of Israel (Sons of Jacob). 1 Reuben · 2 Simeon · 3 Levi · 4 Judah · 5 Dan · 6 Naphtali · Gen
29-30
7 Gad · 8 Asher · 9 Issachar · 10 Zebulun · 11 Joseph · 12 Benjamin

IESOUS visited the temple at the And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the feast. Luk 2:42
age of 12. This is also the age of And He said to them, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that it was Luk
His first recorded words. necessary for me to be in the house of my FATHER?” 2:49

12 apostles of IESOUS CHRISTOS. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: First Simon being called [1] Peter, Mat
10:2-4
and [2] Andrew his brother, and [3] James the one of Zebedee, and [4] John his
brother, [5] Philip, and [6] Bartholomew, [7] Thomas, and [8] Matthew the tax
collector, [9] James the one of Alphaeus, and [10] Thadaeus, [11] Simon the
Canaanite, and [12] Judas the Iscariot, the one also having betrayed Him.

Multiple times 12 (-not- a permission to randomly multiply numbers as we regularly see it e.g. in studies related to eschatology).

The 72 Appointed and sent out. And after these things, KYRIOS also appointed seventy-two others and sent them out Luk
10:1-17
two by two before Him into every town and place where he was about to go. And He
said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. [...]
And the seventy-two returned with joy ...

The 24 elders. And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were Rev
4:4-10
twenty-four elders dressed in white clothing, and on their heads were gold crowns.
[...] the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who is seated on the throne and
worship the one who lives forever and ever ...

The Levites inherited precisely All the cities of the Levites among the property of the Israelites were forty-eight cities Jos
21:41-42
48 cities, a number that is rather and their pasturelands. [...] And KYRIOS gave to Israel all the land that he swore to
connected to the 12 tribes and give to their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
surely not a coincidence.

Consecration / dedication This was the dedication of the altar on the day of anointing it, from the leaders Num
7:84-88
of the Tabernacle. of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver bowls for drinking wine, twelve golden
dishes [...] the twelve golden dishes filled with incense, each dish weighing ten she-
kels according to the sanctuary shekel, all the gold of the dishes one hundred and
twenty [12x10]; all the cattle for the burnt offering twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve
male lambs in their first year, and their grain offering; and twelve he-goats as a sin
offering; and all the cattle of the sacrifice of the fellowship offering twenty-four
[12x2] bulls, sixty [12x5] rams, sixty [12x5] he-goats, sixty [12x5] male lambs
in their first year. These were the dedication of the altar after its anointing.

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N u m b e r s 20 · 22

Comment Scripture

A number that can convey a meaning of a completeness (manhood) or perfect waiting period. The phrase 'twenty years old'
20 is found 32 times in the Bible (highly overproportional compared to other ages), meaning that this age is very important.

Age of Accountability / Spiri- ... ‘When a man makes a vow according to your proper value of persons [...] Lev
27:1-7
tual Self-Sufficiency. Children, [20-59] for a male from twenty years of age up to sixty years of age [...]
who will have died before the [5-19] And if from five years of age up to twenty years of age [...]
age of 20 will definitely ex- [0-5] And if from a month of age up to five years of age [...]
perience salvation. [60+] And if from sixty years of age and above [...]

If THEOS excluded in 1446 BC children

... in this desert your corpses will fall, and all your counted ones, according to Num
14:29
under the age of 20 from condemnation, all your number, from twenty years old and above who grumbled against me.
then He will most certainly do so after
the First Coming of IESOUS CHRISTOS.
[parallel passage to Num 14:29] And your little children, who you thought shall Deu
1:39
become plunder, and your sons, who do not today know good or bad, shall them-
It would be abstruse to assume the selves go there [the Promised Land], and I will give it to them, and they shall take
contrary - to assume that innocent possession of it.
children would go into condemnation.
... Look! the virgin is with child and she is about to give birth to a son, and she shall Isa
7:14-16
(▶ see also the topical study call his name ‘THEOS with us.’ He shall eat curds and honey until he knows to reject
'Biblical Age Groups' with a the evil and to choose the good. For before the boy knows to reject the evil and to
more detailed analysis)
choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned.
And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, the great city, in which there are Jon
4:11
more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know right from
left [=innocent children], plus many animals?” [see also Ecc 10:2 The heart of
the wise inclines to his right, but the heart of the fool inclines to his left; see also
Mat 25:31-34 "... the SON of Man ... will place the sheep on His right and the goats
on the left. Then the KING will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed
by my FATHER. Inherit the Kingdom ... on His left, ‘Depart from me ..."].
But now he [David's first son] is dead. Why should I be fasting? Am I able to return 2Sam
12:23
him again? I am going to him, but he cannot return to me.” [...] “My son, Absalom,
-
my son, my son, Absalom. If only I had died instead of you ... [David mourned Ab- 18:33
solom (>20; evil) who went to hell, but not his first son (<20; innocent) who
went to Heaven]

Age of mandatory enlistment in “Take a census of the entire community of the Israelites [...] every male individually Num 1:3
Num 1:20
the ancient Israelite army. from twenty years old and above, everyone in Israel who is able to go to war.
Num 26:2
And David did not take a census of those twenty years old or under because 1Chr 27:23
KYRIOS promised to make Israel more numerous than the stars of heaven
[= in order to protect from possible death those who would multiply
their families and provide the next generation - sending youth of
15-19 years to war could eliminate an entire generation].
Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by families under 2Chr
25:5
commanders [...] he counted them from twenty years old and upward ...

Minimum age for inclusion ... And they registered themselves among their clans according to their families, Num 1:18
in a census. according to the number of names from those twenty years old and above ... 1Chr 27:23

Minimum age for special Everyone who is counted from twenty years old and above will give the contribution Exo
30:14
contribution. of KYRIOS.

Age for Levites to serve in the These were the sons of Levi [...] who were to do the work of the service of the 1Chr
23:24
house of KYRIOS. house of KYRIOS, from twenty years old and above.
... the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, according to their posts by 2Chr
31:17-18
their working groups. And they were enrolled with all their little ones, their
wives, their sons, and their daughters ...

Kings most often started their - Kings of the United Kingdom Saul (30 years) · Ish-bosheth · (40 years) ·
reign at the age of 20-25 years David (30 years) · Solomon (20 years)
(where recorded). - Kings of Israel (Northern Part) Jeroboam I · Nadab · Baasha · Elah · Zimri · Omri ·
Ahab · Ahaziah (20 or 22 years) · Jehoram (32 years) ·
Jehu · Jehoahaz · Joash (7 years) · Jeroboam II ·
Zechariah · Shallum · Menahem · Pekahiah · Pekah ·
Hoshea
- Kings of Judah (Southern Part) Rehoboam (41 years) · Abijam · Asa ·
Jehoshaphat (35 years) · Jehoram (32 years) ·
Ahaziah (22 years) · Athaliah · Joash ·
Amaziah (25 years) · Uzziah (16 years) ·
Jotham (25 years) · Ahaz (20 years) ·
Hezekiah (25 years) · Manasseh (12 years) ·
Amon (22 years) · Josiah (8 years) ·
Jehoahaz (23 years) ·
Jehoiakim (25 years) · Jehoiachin (18 years) ·
Zedekia (21 years)

The number 22 has an unclear meaning, but stands out in two aspects.
22
Phoenician Alphabet Wikipedia
(~1000 BC - 135 AD;
The 'Paleo-Hebrew' alphabet is
a regional variant and identical
with the Phoenician Alphabet)

22 Letters

Aramaic Alphabet Wikipedia

(800 BC - 600 AD;
derived from Phoenician /
Paleo-Hebrew Alphabet)

22 Letters

Modern Hebrew Alphabet Wikipedia

(2-1st c. BC - today;
derived from Aramaic)

22 Letters

22 books in the Old Testament. 1 Genesis · 2 Exodus · 3 Leviticus · 4 Numbers · 5 Deuteronomy · 6 Joshua · 7 Judges & Ruth ·
(modern count is 39, but originally the 8 Samuel · 9 Kings · 10 Chronicles · 11 Ezra · 12 Esther · 13 Job · 14 Psalms · 15 Proverbs ·
books counted as 22; see also the study
16 Ecclesiastes · 17 Song of Songs · 18 Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum,
'Biblical Canon')
Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi · 19 Isaiah · 20 Jeremiah & Lamenta-
tions · 21 Ezekiel · 22 Daniel

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N u m b e r s 30 · 40 · 50

Comment Scripture

A number that symbolizes dedication to a particular task or calling (physical and mental maturity).
30
Joseph, Saul and David rose Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Gen 41:46
to power at the age of 30. Saul was thirty years old at the beginning of his reign ... 1Sam 13:1

David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years. 2Sam 5:4

IESOUS started His ministry And IESOUS, when He began His ministry, was Himself about thirty years old ... Luk
3:23
at the age of 30.

The age Levites started their ... the descendants of Levi [...] from thirty years old and above, up to fifty years Num
4:2-3
ministry at the Tabernacle old, everyone who comes to the service to do the work in the tent of assembly.
(later at the age of 20 once
the Tabernacle / Temple
had a permanent location).

A number that symbolizes a period of testing, trial, probation and/or purification.

40
Nearly all life in Noah's day was ... I will send rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will blot out all Gen
7:4
blotted out within 40 days. the living creatures that I have made from upon the face of the ground.”

40 was Moses' age when he And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was powerful in his Act
7:22-23
was ready to act on behalf of words and deeds. “But when he was forty years old, it entered in his heart to visit his
and lead the Israelites. brothers, the sons of Israel.

40 days of Moses at Mt. Sinai. And Moses ... was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. Exo 24:18

40 days exploring Canaan. They returned from exploring the land at the end of forty days. Num 13:25

40-day 'reprieve' for Nineveh. And Jonah began to go into the city a journey of one day, and he cried out and said, Jon
3:4
“Forty more days and Nineveh will be demolished!”

Elijah went 40 days with- So he got up, ate, drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty 1Kin
19:8
out food at Mt. Horeb. nights up to Horeb, the mountain of THEOS.

IESOUS spent 40 days in And IESOUS, full of the HOLY SPIRIT, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Luk
4:1-2
the wilderness. SPIRIT in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the devil ...

40 days between the Feast of ... to whom He also presented Himself alive after He suffered, with many convincing Act
1:3
the First Fruits / Resurrection proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days ...
and the Ascension of IESOUS And after He had said these things, while they were watching, He was taken up, Act
CHRISTOS. and a cloud received Him from their sight ... 1:9-11

The number 50 is related to the HOLY SPIRIT, Pentecost, a Jubilee year and to freedom (from work and contracts).
50 It is also the standard retirement age.

The Feast of Harvest / Weeks / ‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day of Lev
23:15-16
Pentecost. your bringing the wave offering’s sheaf - there shall be seven full weeks. Until the
day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; then you shall present a
new grain offering for KYRIOS.

The Jubilee Year. ... And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and you shall proclaim a release in the Lev
25:8-13
land for all its inhabitants. It is a Jubilee; it shall be for you, and you shall return. You
Every 49th year - in the year 50 after must return - everyone to his property and everyone to his clan. You shall have the
the Sabbath Year preceding the last
fiftieth year as a Jubilee; you must not reap its aftergrowth, and you must not har-
Jubilee year. ▶ see also study 'Sabbaths'
vest its unpruned vines. Because it is a Jubilee, it shall be holy to you ...

The time between IESOUS' Final And IESOUS having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper [Abib 13; ...], Mat
26:6-13
Anointing (Abib 13) and His As- there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious,
cension into Heaven (Sivan 3). and she poured on his head [...] for she having put this ointment on my body -
for my burial she did [it].
▶ see also study 'CHRIST · Harmonization
of Passover Chronology · Refutation of
And after He had said these things, while they were watching, He was taken up, Act
1:9-11
Fast-Track Trial' and a cloud received Him from their sight. [Sivan 3]

Retirement age. ... the descendants of Levi [...] from thirty years old and above, up to fifty years old, Num
4:2-3
everyone who comes to the service to do the work in the tent of assembly.
... those fifty years old will return from the service of the work and will serve no longer. Num 8:25

So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” Joh 8:57

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N u m b e r 7 7

Comment Scripture

The number 77 relates to restoration.

77
77 days until the raven re- [01/11 +40 days] ... then in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, the tops Gen
8:5
turned,when no more dead of the mountains appeared.
flesh was found and the earth [10/12] After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark and sent out Gen
was cleansed from sin. a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth. 8:6-7

(7 +7 +7 days of sending doves +56 days

waiting time = 77 days total)
[+20 days twelfth month + 30 days first month + 27 days second month =77]

▶ see also study 'Flood-Chronology'

[27/02] Then in the second month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, the earth Gen
8:14
was dry. And KYRIOS the THEOS spoke to Noah, saying, "Go out of the ark ...

77 sacrifices. The exiles that returned from captivity offered burnt offerings to the THEOS of Israel; ... Ezr
8:35
seventy-seven lambs, and twelve goats as a sin offering.
77 generations to IESOUS And IESOUS [77], when He began His ministry, was Himself about thirty years old, Luk
3:23-38
CHRISTOS - outgoing from being the son (as it was believed) of Joseph [76] the son of Eli [75], the son of Matthat
THEOS the FATHER, being [74], the son of Levi [73], the son of Melchi [72], the son of Jannai [71], the son of
the FATHER of the first Joseph [70], the son of Mattathias [69], the son of Amos [68], the son of Nahum [67],
human, Adam. the son of Esli [66], the son of Naggai [65], the son of Maath [64], the son of
Mattathias [63], the son of Semein [62], the son of Josech [61], the son of Joda [60],
the son of Joanan [59], the son of Rhesa [58], the son of Zerubbabel [57], the son of
Shealtiel [56], the son of Neri [55], the son of Melchi [54], the son of Addi [53], the son
of Cosam [52], the son of Elmadam [51], the son of Er [50], the son of Joshua [49], the
son of Eliezer [48], the son of Jorim [47], the son of Matthat [46], the son of Levi [45],
the son of Simeon [44], the son of Judah [43], the son of Joseph [42], the son of Jonam
[41], the son of Eliakim [40], the son of Melea [39], the son of Menna [38], the son of
Mattatha [37], the son of Nathan [36], the son of David [35], the son of Jesse [34], the
son of Obed [33], the son of Boaz [32], the son of Sala [31], the son of Nahshon [30],
the son of Amminadab [29], the son of Arni [28], the son of Hezron [27], the son of
Perez [26], the son of Judah [25], the son of Jacob [24], the son of Isaac [23], the son of
Abraham [22], the son of Terah [21], the son of Nahor [20], the son of Serug [19], the
son of Reu [18], the son of Peleg [17], the son of Eber [16], the son of Shelah [15], the
son of Cainan [14], the son of Arphaxad [13], the son of Shem [12], the son of Noah
[11], the son of Lamech [10], the son of Methuselah [9], the son of Enoch [8], the son of
Jared [7], the son of Mahalaleel [6], the son of Cainan [5], the son of Enosh [4], the
son of Seth [3], the son of Adam [2, the second], the son of THEOS [1, the First].
Correction (Not 77 times, but 70 times 7)

I claimed in an earlier version Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's it shall Gen
4:24
of this study that both Gen 4:24 be seventy times seven [Greek: ΕΒΔΟΜΗΚΟΝΤΑΚΙϹ (G1441) ΕΠΤΑ (G2033)].
and Mat 18:22 contain an identi-
... ΟΤΙ ΕΠΤΑΚΙϹ ΕΚΔΕΔΙΚΗΤΑΙ ΕΚ ΚΑΙΝ, ΕΚ ΔΕ ΛΑΜΕΧ ΕΒΔΟΜΗΚΟΝΤΑΚΙϹ ΕΠΤΑ. Greek OT
cal number, which is definitely (Rahlfs)
correct. But I was influenced by
the common bias that the Proto-
Masoretic text is infallible and Then Peter having approached, he said to Him: "Master, how often will my brother sin Mat
18:21-22
that the number 77 must there- against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” IESOUS said to him: I do not say to
fore be correct, with the vast you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven [ΕΒΔΟΜΗΚΟΝΤΑΚΙϹ (G1441)
majority of scholars not even ΕΠΤΑ (G2033)]!
allowing a critical evaluation 21ΤΟΤΕ ΠΡΟϹΕΛΘѠΝ Ο ΠΕΤΡΟϹ ΕΙΠΕΝ ΑΥΤѠ: ΚΥΡΙΕ, ΠΟϹΑΚΙϹ ΑΜΑΡΤΗϹΕΙ ΕΙϹ Greek NT
of the Masoretic text and auto- ΕΜΕ Ο ΑΔΕΛΦΟϹ ΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΦΗϹѠ ΑΥΤѠ? ΕѠϹ ΕΠΤΑΚΙϹ? 22ΛΕΓΕΙ ΑΥΤѠ Ο (NA28)
matically pointing fingers at ΙΗϹΟΥϹ: ΟΥ ΛΕΓѠ ϹΟΙ ΕѠϹ ΕΠΤΑΚΙϹ ΑΛΛ ΕѠϹ ΕΒΔΟΜΗΚΟΝΤΑΚΙϹ ΕΠΤΑ.
the Greek Old Testament.

The truth is that a proper "A survey of the current state of research shows that Matthean scholars are uncertain Lucas
Gregorio
translation must definitely be about the precise value of ΕΒΔΟΜΗΚΟΝΤΑΚΙϹ ΕΠΤΑ in Matt 18:22. An investigation of
Moncada
'seventy times seven' and that similar constructions in ancient Greek texts indicates that ΕΒΔΟΜΗΚΟΝΤΑΚΙϹ ΕΠΤΑ III; Seventy
the Hebrew OT text also ought to denotes the multiplication of seventy by seven and it is best translated “seventy times Times
be translated / corrected in that seven.” Further evidence indicates that the absence of a conjunction between the Seven or
Seventy-
manner! numerical adverb (ΕΒΔΟΜΗΚΟΝΤΑΚΙϹ) and the cardinal number (ΕΠΤΑ) requires the
Seven
construction to signify multiplication and not addition. Finally, Jewish literature Times: The
Decisive is the addition of 'KIC': suggests that the multiplication of seventy and seven signifies a global totality for all Mathemati
that may exist. cal
Formula in
number- times number [...]
Mat 18:22
seventy times seven Conclusion and LXX
ΕΒΔΟΜΗΚΟΝΤΑΚΙϹ ΕΠΤΑ [...] Gen 4:24.
HEBDOMEKONTAKIS EPTA Based on this evidence, translators of the Bible are advised to translate the expression
as “seventy times seven.” Commentators are advised to explain that although the
phrase equates to four hundred and ninety, it symbolically signifies the completion of
forgiveness for all sins that could be committed against someone.

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N u m e r i c a l M e t h o d s

Comment Scripture

We should be very careful to not add any numerical methods to the Bible or to apply those existing methods to other areas
Numerical THEOS did not authorize us to do so. Remember that numbers are not meant to be used by us, but by THEOS only.
Methods & 1 In A 1000
Patterns It seems to be the proportion “Truly I know that it is so, but how can a human being be just before THEOS? If he Job
9:2-5
that indicates a person of wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand. He is wise in
outstanding righteousness. heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded? “He is the one who
moves mountains, and they do not know how, who overturns them in his anger.
“If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a Job
33:23-24
human being his uprightness so that he is gracious to him, and he says, ‘Deliver him
from descending into the pit; I have found a ransom.’
What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one Ecc
7:28-29
thousand, I did not find one upright woman among all these. Look! This alone I found:
THEOS made mankind upright, but they have devised many schemes.”

1 Day = 1000 Years (Symbolic Only - Not Literal!)

An emphasis on the fleeting Before the mountains were born and you brought forth the earth and the world, Psa
90:2-4
nature of human life compared even from everlasting to everlasting, you are THEOS. You return man to the dust,
to the eternal perspective of saying, “Return, O sons of man.” For a thousand years in your eyes are like yester-
THEOS. day when it passes, or like a watch in the night [clearly symbolic, but very often
taken in a literal way].
Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that one day with 2Pet
3:8-9
KYRIOS is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day. KYRIOS is not
delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you,
because He does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

1 Day = 10 Years (Literal)

After spying out the land of According to the number of the days that you explored the land, forty days, a day for Num
14:34
Canaan for 40 days, Israel is each year, you will bear your sins forty years, and you will know my opposition.’
punished with 40 years of
wandering in the wilderness
to atone for their unbelief.
A year for each day is reversed When you have completed these, then you must lie a second time on your right side; Eze
4:6
to a day for each year in Ezekiel’s and you must bear the guilt of the house of Judah forty days, a day for each year, a
sign-act. day for each year I give it to you.

7 Years = 1 Week (Literal)

The 'week' consisting of Fulfil the week of this one, - then must we give thee, the other one also, for the ser- Gen
29:27-28
7 years is essential for inter- vice wherewith thou shalt serve with me, yet seven years more. And Jacob did so, and
preting Daniel 9. fulfilled the week of this one, - and he gave him Rachel his daughter - to him to wife.

Life Expectancy = 70-80 Years

Life expectancy in ~1000 AD As for the days of our years, within them are seventy years or if by strength eighty Psa
90:10
(in biblical 360-day years). years, and their pride is trouble and disaster, for it passes quickly and we fly away.
The 120 years in Gen 6:3 are And KYRIOS said, “My SPIRIT shall not abide with humankind forever in that he is also Gen
6:3
not referring to a generic life flesh. And his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
expectancy of humans, but
probably meant a defined
time of warning before the
Flood of Noah would come.

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