NUMBERS

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Numerology and gematria

These symbolic meanings of numbers in the Bible are different from numerology, which involves looking for an occult meaning in numbers, their combinations, and numerical totals. For example, Jewish Cabalists have analyzed the Hebrew Scriptures using a technique called gematria, which looks for a hidden code in the numerical equivalents of letters. Numerology is a form of divination, which God condemns.—Deuteronomy 18:10-12.

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Nu 1:20 Now the children of Reuben, Israel's oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 21 those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.

12 Tribes of ISRAEL

• Reuben 46,500
• Simeon 59,300
• Gad 45,650
• Judah 74,600
• Issachar 54,400
• Zebulun 57,400

12 Tribes of ISRAEL

• Ephraim 40,500
• Manasseh 32,200
• Benjamin 35,400
• Dan 62,700
• Asher 41,500
• Napthali 57,400

Nu 1:44 These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each one representing his father's house.
45 So all who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war in Israel-
46 all who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
47 But the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers' tribe;

Nu 3:38 Moreover those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tabernacle of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary, to meet the needs of the children of Israel; but the outsider who came near was to be put to death.
39 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were 22,000.

Numbers in the Bible
40
12
7
1

The number forty usually has to do with testing in the Bible.

NKJV
"40" used in 91 verses
"39" used in 0 verses
"41" used in 4 verses

Ge 7:4 For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."

Ge 7:12 And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

Ge 25:20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.

Ge 26:34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Ge 18:29 And he spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose there should be forty found there?" So He said, "I will not do it for the sake of forty."

24:18 So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Ex 34:28 So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Ex 16:35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

Nu 13:25 And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.

Nu 32:13 So the LORD'S anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.

De 25:3 Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother be humiliated in your sight.

1Ki 19:8 So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.

Jon 3:4 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"

Lu 4:2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

The number 12 usually has to do with ruling authority, completeness and/or perfection in the Bible.

NKJV
"12" used in 162 verses
"11" used in 24 verses
"13" used in 13 verses

The number 12 usually has to do with authoritative completeness in the Bible.

12 tribes/12 heads of tribes
12 disciples/12 apostles

Mark 8:19 "When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?" They said to Him, "12."

Mt 26:53 "Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than 12 legions of angels?

Lu 2:42 And when He was 12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast.

The number 7 usually has to do with completeness.

NKJV
"7" used in 362 verses
"6" used in 166 verses
"5" used in 189 verses

Ge 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Ge 7:10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.

Ge 8:10 And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.

Ge 8:12 So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.

Ge 29:18 Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter."

Ex 12:15 '7 days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the 7th day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.

2Ki 5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan 7 times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean."

Job 2:13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

Pr 6:16 These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:

Lu 17:4 "And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

Mark 8:20 "Also, when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?" And they said, "7."

Ac 6:3 "Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you 7 men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business;

Heb 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.

Re 1:4 John, to the 7 churches which are in Asia:

"1" symbolizes in the Bible unity and primacy.

NKJV
"3" used in 383 verses
"2" used in 645 verses
"1" used in 2,259 verses

Jas 2:19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe--and tremble!

Joh 17:20 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;

21 "that they all may be "1", as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be "1" in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.

1Ti 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

Eph 4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,
2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

BECOME A CHRISTIAN
Hear Him (Romans 10:17)
Believe Him (Mark 16:16)
Repent Of Sins Against Him (Acts 2:38)
Confess Him (Acts 8:37)
Be Baptized Into Him (Romans 6:3)
Live For Him (Galatians 2:20)
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COME HOME AS AN ERRING CHILD OF GOD
Come Back To Him (Matthew 11:28-30)
Repent (Acts 8:22)
Pray (James 5:16)
Live For Him (Galatians 2:20)

BECOME A CHRISTIAN
Hear Him (Romans 10:17)
Believe Him (Mark 16:16)
Repent Of Sins Against Him (Acts 2:38)
Confess Him (Acts 8:37)
Be Baptized Into Him (Romans 6:3)
Live For Him (Galatians 2:20)
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COME HOME AS AN ERRING CHILD OF GOD
Come Back To Him (Matthew 11:28-30)
Repent (Acts 8:22)
Pray (James 5:16)
Live For Him (Galatians 2:20)