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Five – Because the Law has five books (the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy), some scholars have connected to the Law the five-fold divisions of the Book of Psalms, as well as what some see as the five sections of the Gospel According to Matthew.

Four – the world, from the four directions – Isa.

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11:9, 11 years – 12:14, plus the equivalents – Rev. 7:25 9:27 12:7 see the seven group, below (days – Rev. Three-and-a-half – incompleteness, a broken seven – Dan.Two – strength and companionship – Eccl.One – basic to the doctrine of monotheism – Deut.See for example, 70 times 7 (or 77 times) in Gen.

Squares and cubes of numbers, as well as the doubling of digits, seem to have the significance of intensifying the original meaning of the number. I have tried to navigate between these two extremes, selecting only instances in which the significance is rather straightforward. Bullinger, however, explores the mystical significance of the number. For instance, the number of fish that the disciples caught at Jesus’ direction, 153 ( John 21:11), seems to be significant only as an historical detail validating the account. Bullinger, try to find figurative meaning in nearly every number that occurs. Some writers, like Davis below, try to minimize the symbolic significance of numbers in Scripture. Certain numbers developed meanings because of associations they habitually had. 475 B.C.E.) forward, people have been interested in the meaning of numbers. The fact that those who hold great stock in biblical numerology cannot agree about the meaning of some numbers indicates the high degree of subjectivity involved.Ĭertainly, from the time of Pythagoras (d. The symbolic meaning of numbers throughout the Bible has long been a subject of controversy.

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