Dictionary of Bible Themes Significant numbers include twelve, often associated with the full number of God's people, and multiples of ten, especially forty and seventy. Genesis 32:22; 37:9Eleven Eleven sons of Jacob Matthew 28:16Mark 16:14 Jesus Christ's eleven disciples Luke 24:9,33Acts 1:26; 2:14 Genesis 49:28 Twelve See also Twelve tribes of Israel Genesis 35:22-26Exodus 24:4; 28:21; 39:14 Judges 19:29 Ezra 8:35 Acts 26:7 Deuteronomy 1:23 Joshua 3:12; 4:2-3 Representatives of the twelve tribes James 1:1Revelation 7:4-8; 21:12 The church symbolised as twelve tribes Mark 3:14See also Twelve apostles Matthew 10:1-4; 19:28Luke 9:1; 22:30 John 6:70-71 Acts 6:2 1 Corinthians 15:5 The term "the Twelve" is used here even though only eleven disciples remained at the time referred to. Numbers 28:16Fourteen See also Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month Exodus 12:6Leviticus 23:5 Numbers 9:2-5 Joshua 5:10 2 Chronicles 35:1 Ezra 6:19 Ezekiel 45:21 Numbers 9:10-11 2 Chronicles 30:2-3,15 Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month Genesis 31:412 Corinthians 12:2 Periods of fourteen years Galatians 2:1Matthew 1:17 Genealogy of Jesus Christ in spans of fourteen generations Leviticus 23:6,34,39Fifteen Numbers 28:17; 29:12Festivals on the fifteenth day 1 Kings 12:32-33Ezekiel 45:25 Exodus 30:14; 38:26 Twenty Numbers 1:3,18; 14:29; 26:2Twenty as the minimum age in a census 1 Chronicles 27:231 Chronicles 23:24,27 2 Chronicles 31:17 Twenty as the minimum age for Levitical service Ezra 3:8Luke 3:23 Thirty See also Thirty as the age for beginning a life's work Genesis 41:461 Samuel 13:1 2 Samuel 5:4 Ezekiel 1:1 Numbers 4:3,23,30,47 The "thirtieth year" may refer to Ezekiel's age. 1 Chronicles 23:3Thirty as the minimum age for Levitical service 2 Samuel 23:23The Thirty in David's army 2 Samuel 23:241 Chronicles 11:15-42; 12:4,18; 27:6 pp 1Ch 11:25 Matthew 26:15See also Thirty pieces of silver Zechariah 11:12-13Matthew 27:3,9 Jonah 3:4 Forty Forty days Genesis 7:4,12,17; 8:6Forty days is a standard period, sometimes viewed as a time of preparation or testing before a major event. Forty-day periods at the flood: Exodus 24:18; 34:28Deuteronomy 9:9,18 Moses fasted for forty days on Mount Sinai: Matthew 4:1-2pp Mk 1:13 Numbers 13:25pp Lk 4:1-2 1 Samuel 17:16Jesus Christ fasted for forty days in the wilderness. 1 Kings 19:8Acts 1:3 Numbers 14:34; 32:13 Forty years as a general term for a generation Joshua 5:6God's anger against Israel in the wilderness: Psalms 95:10Hebrews 3:9,17 Exodus 16:35 Deuteronomy 2:7; 8:2-4; 29:5 God's provision for Israel in the wilderness: Nehemiah 9:21Amos 2:10 Acts 7:36; 13:18 Exodus 7:7 Other significant forty-year periods Deuteronomy 34:7Forty-year periods in Moses' life: Acts 7:23,30,36Judges 3:11; 5:31; 8:28 Forty-year periods of peace: 1 Samuel 4:182 Samuel 5:4 Forty-year periods of leadership: 1 Kings 2:111 Kings 11:42 pp 1Ch 29:27 2 Kings 12:1pp 2Ch 9:30 Acts 13:21pp 2Ch 24:1 Leviticus 25:10-11Fifty The fiftieth year as the Year of Jubilee The word "jubilee" refers to the liberation of slaves, rather than to a fixed period of time. The number 50 represents the year following seven periods of seven years, i.e., 49 years + 1. See also Seventy Genesis 46:27Seventy people went down to Egypt Exodus 1:5Jeremiah 25:11-12 See also Seventy years of God's judgment 2 Chronicles 36:21Isaiah 23:15-17 Jeremiah 29:10 Daniel 9:2 Zechariah 1:12 Psalms 90:10 Seventy years as the human lifespan Exodus 24:1Numbers 11:16,24-25 Groups of seventy Judges 9:2Luke 10:1 fn,17 fn Matthew 18:22 See also Seventy as a large number Daniel 9:24See also 4299 wilderness5249 census 7135 Israel, people of God 7217 exile in Babylon 7227 flood, the 7230 genealogies 7266 tribes of Israel 7390 Levites 7406 Passover 7482 Year of Jubilee 7630 Twelve, the 8432 fasting, practice |
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