Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 1000 God » 1600 Scripture as the word of God » 1650 numbers, significance of » 1654 numbers, 11-99 Significant numbers include twelve, often associated with the full number of God's people, and multiples of ten, especially forty and seventy. Eleven Eleven sons of Jacob Jesus Christ's eleven disciples Matthew 28:16; Mark 16:14; Luke 24:9,33; Acts 1:26; Acts 2:14 Twelve Twelve tribes of Israel Genesis 49:28 See also Genesis 35:22-26; Exodus 24:4; Exodus 28:21; Exodus 39:14; Judges 19:29; Ezra 8:35; Acts 26:7 Representatives of the twelve tribes Deuteronomy 1:23; Joshua 3:12; Joshua 4:2-3 The church symbolised as twelve tribes James 1:1; Revelation 7:4-8; Revelation 21:12 Twelve apostles Mark 3:14 See also Matthew 10:1-4; Matthew 19:28; Luke 9:1; Luke 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. Fourteen Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month Numbers 28:16 See also Exodus 12:6; Leviticus 23:5; Numbers 9:2-5; Joshua 5:10; 2 Chronicles 35:1; Ezra 6:19; Ezekiel 45:21 Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month Numbers 9:10-11; 2 Chronicles 30:2-3,15 Periods of fourteen years Genesis 31:41; 2 Corinthians 12:2; Galatians 2:1 Genealogy of Jesus Christ in spans of fourteen generations Fifteen Festivals on the fifteenth day Leviticus 23:6,34,39; Numbers 28:17; Numbers 29:12; 1 Kings 12:32-33; Ezekiel 45:25 Twenty Twenty as the minimum age in a census Exodus 30:14; Exodus 38:26; Numbers 1:3,18; Numbers 14:29; Numbers 26:2; 1 Chronicles 27:23 Twenty as the minimum age for Levitical service 1 Chronicles 23:24,27; 2 Chronicles 31:17; Ezra 3:8 Thirty Thirty as the age for beginning a life's work Luke 3:23 See also Genesis 41:46; 1 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 5:4; Ezekiel 1:1 The “thirtieth year” may refer to Ezekiel's age. Thirty as the minimum age for Levitical service Numbers 4:3,23,30,47; 1 Chronicles 23:3 The Thirty in David's army 2 Samuel 23:23 pp 1 Chronicles 11:25; 2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 11:15-42; Corinthians 12:4,18; 1 C 6 Thirty pieces of silver Matthew 26:15 See also Zechariah 11:12-13; Matthew 27:3,9 Forty Forty days Jonah 3:4 Forty days is a standard period, sometimes viewed as a time of preparation or testing before a major event. Forty-day periods at the flood: Genesis 7:4,12,17; Genesis 8:6 Moses fasted for forty days on Mount Sinai: Exodus 24:18; Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9,18 Matthew 4:1-2 pp Mark 1:13 pp Luke 4:1-2 Jesus Christ fasted for forty days in the wilderness. Numbers 13:25; 1 Samuel 17:16; 1 Kings 19:8; Acts 1:3 Forty years as a general term for a generation God's anger against Israel in the wilderness: Numbers 14:34; Numbers 32:13; Joshua 5:6; Psalm 95:10; Hebrews 3:9,17 God's provision for Israel in the wilderness: Exodus 16:35; Deuteronomy 2:7; Deuteronomy 8:2-4; Deuteronomy 29:5; Nehemiah 9:21; Amos 2:10; Acts 7:36; Acts 13:18 Other significant forty-year periods Forty-year periods in Moses' life: Exodus 7:7; Deuteronomy 34:7; Acts 7:23,30,36 Forty-year periods of peace: Judges 3:11; Judges 5:31; Judges 8:28 Forty-year periods of leadership: 1 Samuel 4:18; 2 Samuel 5:4; 1 Kings 2:11 pp 1 Chronicles 29:27; 1 Kings 11:42 pp 2 Chronicles 9:30; 2 Kings 12:1 pp 2 Chronicles 24:1; Acts 13:21 Fifty The fiftieth year as the Year of Jubilee Leviticus 25:10-11 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. Seventy Seventy people went down to Egypt See also Genesis 46:27; Exodus 1:5 Seventy years of God's judgment Jeremiah 25:11-12 See also 2 Chronicles 36:21; Isaiah 23:15-17; Jeremiah 29:10; Daniel 9:2; Zechariah 1:12 Seventy years as the human lifespan Groups of seventy Exodus 24:1; Numbers 11:16,24-25; Judges 9:2; Luke 10:1 fn,17 fn Seventy as a large number Matthew 18:22 See also Daniel 9:24 See also
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