Meaning of Numbers in the Bible
7 (Seven)

Meaning of Numbers in the Bible
Number 7 (Seven)

NUMBERS OF WORDS and OCCURRENCES

Turning now to another department we come to a large subject, which has already been touched upon.

Some writers see seven everywhere and in everything in the Bible. But this is to deny, practically, the significance of all other numbers, and to lose all their instruction. Still we must admit that in the structure and outward form of Holy Writ, as being the special work of the Holy Spirit, we do see this stamp of spiritual perfection in a very remarkable manner. Mr. Samuell calls attention to the number as we see it:

1. In the occurrences of single words.
2. In the occurrences of important phrases.
3. In groups of words from the same root.
4. In groups of words from different roots, but with similar meaning.

And this not merely in the Bible as a whole, but sometimes very markedly:

1. In the Old Testament.
2. In the Hebrew or Chaldee portions of the Old Testament.
3. In the New Testament.
4. In a particular book.
5. In all the books of a particular writer.
6. In a particular section of a book referring to a special subject.

Let us look at a few examples, and first of the number of words used for a particular thing. We have already seen an example of this under the number six.

SEVEN WORDS FOR GOLD

As brass is symbolical of judgment (seen in the brazen altar), so gold is symbolical of glory, and glory is grace consummated. "The LORD will give grace and glory" (Psa 84:11). "Whom He justified them He also glorified" (Rom 8:30).

Hence the number of spiritual perfection in the words used for gold:

1. bhz (zah-hahv), from root to shine, glitter, like gold. Hence the common name for gold. This is earthly gold, than which the Word of God is more to be desired (Psa 19:7-10).

2. zp (pahz), fine or refined gold. "More to be desired are they than gold (bhz), yea, than much fine gold (zp)," Psa 19:10.

   "Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold (bhz); yea, above fine gold (zp)," Psa 119:127.

   "Thou settest a crown of pure gold (zp) upon his head" (Psa 21:3).

3. This word is therefore rightly used of the perfections of the living and the written Word. For He "knew no sin" (2 Cor 5:21). He "did no sin" (1 Peter 2:22). "In Him was no sin" (1 John 3:5).

4. bhz (zah-hahv), from root to shine, glitter, like gold. Hence the common name for gold. This is earthly gold, than which the Word of God is more to be desired (Psa 19:7-10).

5. zp (pahz), fine or refined gold. "More to be desired are they than gold (bhz), yea, than much fine gold (zp)," Psa 19:10.

   "Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold (bhz); yea, above fine gold (zp)," Psa 119:127.

   "Thou settest a crown of pure gold (zp) upon his head" (Psa 21:3).

   This word is therefore rightly used of the perfections of the living and the written Word. For He "knew no sin" (2 Cor 5:21). He "did no sin" (1 Peter 2:22). "In Him was no sin" (1 John 3:5).

6. rcb (betzer), Job 22:24, 25, and rcb (b'tzar), gold ore or dust, from root to dig out or cut off. Hence used of gold broken up.

7. The sense of Job 22:24, 25 is completely lost in the AV. In the RV it reads, verse 22.

   "Receive, I pray thee, the law from His mouth,
   And lay up His words in thine heart.
   If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up;
   If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
   And lay thou thy treasure (rcb) in the dust,
   And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
   And the Almighty shall be thy treasure (rcb),
   And precious silver unto thee."

   Hence, if we have His Word abiding in us, He Himself is our treasure and our defence. "His truth shall be thy shield" (Psa 91:2).

8. Cwrx (chah-rootz), from Crx (charatz), to chop or cut off short; then of the instrument which the stone-cutter uses; then of the pieces cut off. Hence gold in pieces or parts, as preserved in the word carats, specially applied to gold.*

   * Job 41:30; Psa 68:13; Prov 3:14, 8:10,19, 16:16; Isa 28:27, 41:15; Dan 9:25; Joel 3:14; Amos 1:3; Zech 9:3.

   As applied to God's "workmanship" we are cut off and tried as gold and precious stones. "When He hath tried me I shall come forth as gold" (Job 23:10). "The furnace is for gold, but God trieth the hearts" (Prov 17:3).

9. Mtk (keh-them), from Mtk (kah-tham), to cut in, engrave (only in Jer 2:22, "Mine iniquity is marked before me"). As used of gold it implies that it is true and sterling, having the stamp or mark graved upon it.* As a title of the Psalms it is used with the prefix m, mem. Mtkm (michtam), writing, especially writing cut in or engraved with a stylus (like the LXX sthlografia, "a sculptured writing"**). btkm, michtahv, means simply a writing.*** A writing of David concerning David's Son and David's Lord.

10. * It occurs Job 28:16,19, 31:24; Psa 45:9; Prov 25:12; Song 5:11; Isa 13:12; Lam 4:1; Dan 10:5.

    ** sthlh (steelee) was the word for grave-stone. Hence these Psalms point to Resurrection, Psa 16, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.

    *** See Exo 32:16, 39:30; Deut 10:4; 2 Chron 21:12, 35:4, 36:22; Ezra 1:1; Isa 38:9.

11. rwgs (s'gohr), from rgs (sah-gar), to shut up, enclose, used of gold as being solid, 1 Kings 6:20, "he overlaid it with pure [marg., shut up] gold," i.e. gold plates, not merely gold leaf or wash. Occurs in Job 28:15, "It cannot be gotten for gold," i.e. the wisdom of God's Word. "Every word of God is pure." "Add thou not unto His words."

12. bhd (d'hav, Chal.), meaning same as bhz (see No. 1); occurs only in Ezra and Daniel.

Thus the fact of there being seven words for gold speaks to us of the spiritual perfection of the Word of God, which is so often compared to it.

SEVEN DIFFERENT NAMES FOR PALESTINE

In Old Testament only:

1. "The Holy Land," Zech 2:12 (#dqh tmd), Admath Ha-kadosh; LXX, h gh h agia; early Christian writers, Terra sancta). Very common in Middle Ages, now used only geographically.
2. "The Land of Jehovah," only in Hosea 9:3. Compare Lev 25:23; Psa 85:1; Isa 8:8; Joel 1:6, 3:2; Jer 16:18.

In New Testament only:

3. "The Land of Promise," Heb 11:9. This title is based of course on the Old Testament and other Scriptures. Compare Gen 13:15; Deut 34:1-4; Gen 50:24; Eze 20:42; Acts 7:5.
4. Judea, or the Land of Judah, hdwhy Cr). This name was at first used only of the territory of the Tribe of Judah (2 Chron 9:11), but after the Captivity it was used of the whole land, even including the East of the Jordan, Luke 1:5, 23:5; Matt 19:1; Acts 28:21.

In Old and New Testament:

5. "The Land," Cr)h, Ha-ahretz, Ruth 1:1; Jer 12:11; Luke 5:25; Matt 27:45. This was a strictly Jewish name.
6. "The Land of Israel," l)r#y Cr). First used in 1 Sam 13:19, and occasionally in later books (2 Kings 5:2, 6:23). In Ezekiel oftener than in all the rest of the Bible. Matt 2:21. This name is also essentially Jewish.
7. "Canaan," N(nk (K'naan). So called after the son of Ham, by whose descendants it was at first inhabited (Gen 9:18, 10:15-19). It is therefore the oldest name, and was confined to the country west of the Jordan. See Exo 6:4, 15:15; Lev 14:34; Deut 22:39; Josh 14:1; Psa 105:11; Gen 17:8.

The name Palestine and Palestina, when the AV was made, was equivalent to Philistia. See Psalm 60:8, 87:4; 108:9. It is never used of the whole land, but only of "Philistia." See Kitto, vol, iii. p. 386.

SOME WORDS WHICH OCCUR SEVEN TIMES

(1) Old Testament

• rwz) (Eh-zor), a girdle, 14.
• hrkz) (az-kah-rah), memorial, 7.
• rk) (ik-kar), husbandman, 7.
• Pn) (ah-naph), to be angry, 14.
• rs) (Chald., esahr), a decree, 7 (all in Dan 6).
• qp) (ah-phak), to restrain, 7.
• rqb (bah-kar), to search, 7.
• rb (bar), clean, 7.
• rb (bar) and rb (bahr), corn, 14.
• yrb (b'ree) and )yrb (bah-ree), fat, 14.
• tyrb (b'reeth), covenant; 7 in Gen 9 of God's covenant with Noah, and 14 in Gen 15 and 17 of God's covenant with Abraham.
• hlwg (goh-lah), captivity, 42 (7 being in the simple form, and 7 with the preposition b, into, prefixed).
• hzg (gizzah), a fleece, 7 (all in Judg 6:37-40).
• Ng (gan), a garden, 42 (14 being in Genesis, and 28 elsewhere).
• )#d (deh-sheh), grass, 14.
• qqz (zah-kak), to refine, 7.
• yx (chah'y), living: In Chaldee, 7.

• In Hebrew, 168, viz:—

  Leviticus	35	168 (7x8x3)
  Numbers	7
  Deuteronomy	21
  Samuel	49
  Solomon's	56

  In Chaldee it occurs 7 times (Ezra 6:10; Dan 2:30, 4:17,34; 6:20,26, 7:12).

• hry+ (tee-rah), an enclosure, or castle, etc., 7.

• P+ (taph), little children, 42:

  Deuteronomy	7	42 (6x7)
  Rest of Pentateuch	21
  Elsewhere	14

• ydwhy (y'hudee), a Jew (singular) 10; Jehudi (proper name) 4 = 14.

• dly (yah-lad), to beget, 28 in Gen 5.

• qxcy (yitz-chahk) and qx#&y (yis-chahk), Isaac, 112:

  Deuteronomy	7	112 (7x8x2)
  Rest of Pentateuch	91
  Elsewhere	14

• Nhk (Koh-heyn), priest 7 in Gen.
• hnhk (K'hoonnah), the priest's office, 14.
• hnwbl (l'voh-nah), frankincense, 21 (7 being in Leviticus).
• Nm (mahn), manna, 14.
• )n (nah), I pray, or vow, 406 (7x58).
• hnygn (n'gee-nah), a song, 14: In Psalm titles, 7; Elsewhere, 7.
• Ngn (nah-gan), to play on a stringed instrument, 7 in 1 Sam 16-19, all spoken of David.
• My)c)c (tzeh-^etzaheem), offspring, 7 in Isaiah.
• Mwc (tzoom), to fast, 21.
• tlhq (ko-he-leth), a preacher, 7, all in Ecclesiastes:

  3 in beginning, 1:1, 2, 12
  1 in middle, 7:27
  3 at the end, 12:8, 9, 10

• M(n (noh-gam), beauty, Psa 27:4, 90:17; Zech 11:7, 10: pleasantness, Prov 3:17: pleasant, Prov 15:26, 16:24.
• Ntn (n'than), to give or bestow, Ezra 4:13, 7:20 twice; Dan 4:16, 4:17, 25, 32.
• hml( (al-mah), a maiden, Gen 24:43; Exo 2:8; Psa 68:25; Prov 30:19; Song 1:3, 6:8; Isa 7:14.
• Pr# (sah-raph), fiery serpents, Num 21:6, 8; Deut 8:15; Isa 6:2, 6, 14:29, 30:6.
• hmr (rim-mah), a worm, 7.
• N+# (sah-tahn), Satan, 14 in Job.
• rwt (tohr), a turtle dove, 14.
• El-Shaddai* (God Almighty), Gen 17:1, 28:3, 35:11, 43:14, 48:3; Exo 6:36; Eze 10:5.

* Shaddai (Almighty) without El occurs 48 times (4x12), a number which speaks of perfection of dominion over the earth. (See p. 53.)

• agnizw (agnizo), to purify.
• ahr (aeer), air, 7.
• anastasiV (anastasis), resurrection; 42 times, 21 of which have the article, and seven are in the dative case.
• apath (apatee), deceit.
• apeimi (apeimi), to be absent, 7.
• argurion (argurion), pieces of silver money (7, in connection with Judas).
• asthr (asteer), a star, 14 in Revelation.
• afqartoV (aphthartos), incorruptible, 7.
• basileuw (basileuo), to reign, 21 (seven being in Revelation; 14 elsewhere).
• douloV (doulos), servant, 14 in Revelation.
• epistamai (epistamai), to know, 14.
• epistathV (epistatees), master, 7 (all in Luke).
• epitagh (epitagee), commandment, 7.
• hgeomai (hegeomai), to be chief, 28.
• amwmoV (amomos), 7:

  without blemish, Eph 5:27; 1 Peter 1:19
  without spot, Heb 9:4
  without fault, Rev 14:5
  without blame, Eph 1:4
  faultless, Jude 24
  unblameable, Col 1:22

• parousia (parousia), presence or coming, 7 times in 1 and 2 Thess (4 times in the first Epistle and 3 times in the second).
• Siwn (Sion), Zion, 7 times.
• filhma (phileema), a kiss, 7.
• wdh (odee), a song, 7.
• yalmoV (psalmos), psalm, 7.

PHRASES

(1) Old Testament

• (1) Old Testament

  • )nq l) (El quannah) 5 [a jealous God].
    )wnq l) (El quannoh) 2 [a jealous God].
  • My)b Mymy hnh (Hinneh yahmim baheem), Behold, the days come, 21.*

    * "Lo" in Jer 30:3; Amos 4:2, instead of "Behold."

  • )wh rwh+ (tahor hu), he or it (is) unclean, 7 (all in Lev 11 and 13).
  • )wh )m+ (tamey hu), he or it (is) unclean, 7 in Lev 13.
  • Mkl )wh )m+ (Tamey hu lahkem), he or it is unclean unto you, 7 (all in Lev 11 and Deut 14).
  • Kyhl) hwhy Kkrby (Y'bahrek'kah Y'hovah Eloheka), the LORD thy God shall bless thee, 7; Deut 14:24, 29, 15:10, 16:10, 15, 23:20, 24:19.*

    * Not always translated in the same way.

  • tw)bc hwhy (Y'hovah Ts'baioth), the LORD of hosts, 7 in the Psalms and 14 in Haggai.
  • rbd hwhy yk (Kee Y'hovah dibber), for the LORD hath spoken, 7; 1 Kings 14:11; Isa 1:2, 22:25, 25:8; Jer 13:15; Joel 4:8; Oba 18.
  • "As I live saith the Lord GOD," 14 (all in Ezekiel).
  • "As I live" (spoken by God), 7; Num 14:28; Isa 49:18; Jer 22:24, 46:18; Eze 17:19, 33:27; Zeph 2:9.
  • "Daughter of Jerusalem," 14 (7 in singular and 7 in plural).
  • "Rising up early and sending" (spoken of God), 7 (viz., 2 Chron 36:15, and 6 times in Jeremiah).
  • "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego" (Chald.), 14 in Dan 2:49-3:30.
  • "The land which [the LORD] sware unto...Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob," 7; Gen 50:24; Exo 33:1; Num 32:11; Deut 1:8, 6:10, 30:20, 34:4.
  • "The tree of life," 7 (3 in Gen lit.; and 4 in Prov, fig.).
  • "The voice of the LORD," 7 times in Psa 29.
  • "And it came to pass in the days of" ymyb yhyw (Va-y'hee Beemaye), 7 times; always indicating a time of sorrow and distress, (yhyw (Vayhee) sounding like the Greek ouai, woe; Lat., voe), following by a manifestation of delivering grace.
    1. Genesis 14:1. The war which brought sorrow to Lot and distress to Abraham ends in the blessing of Melchisedek.
    2. Ruth 1:1. The famine and bereavement ending in blessing, marriage, and redemption.
    3. 2 Samuel 21:1. A famine again ending in divine deliverance (v 14).
    4. Isaiah 7:1. The confederacy against Jerusalem ending in the promise of Messiah's birth (v 14).
    5. Jeremiah 1:3. The captivity of Judah followed by the promise of restoration.
    6. Esther 1:1. The danger and distress of the Jewish nation ending in a complete and happy deliverance.
    7. Luke 2:1. The enrollment of Caesar Augustus, showing that the land and the people were tributary to Rome, followed by the birth of the Lord Jesus.
  • Jehovah is said to "Dwell between the cherubim" 7 times: 1 Sam 4:4; 2 Sam 6:2; 2 Kings 19:15; 1 Chron 13:6; Psa 80:1, 99:1; Isa 37:16.

(2) New Testament

• "As it is written,"* 28 (4x7).

  * to rhqen (to reethen), "that which was spoken," occurs 12 times (omitting Matt 27:35 and Mark 13:14 with RV). For the writing was given by inspiration of the Spirit (7); while the speaking was in Divine sovereignty and government. (See p. 37.)

  kaqwV gegraptai wV gegraptai

  24 4

  28

  Gospels Romans Elsewhere

  7 14 7

  
  
• "From the foundation of the world," apo katabolhV kosmou (apo katabolees kosmou), 7 times, because relating to God's work of grace; while the phrase "before the foundation of the world" occurs 3 times,* because relating to the act of Divine sovereignty. The seven occurrences are 3 in the Gospels and 4 elsewhere: Matt 13:35, 25:34; Luke 11:50; Heb 4:3, 9:26; Rev 13:8, 17:8.

  * John 17:24; Eph 1:4; 1 Peter 1:20. See analysis of the number 3.

• "The Sabbath day," 7.
• "After the order," kata thn taxin (kata teen taxin), 7 (all in Hebrews).
• "The first day of the week," mia (ton) Sabbatwn (mia (ton) sabbaton), 7.
• pistoV (pistos), faithful, followed by o logoV (ho logos), the word or saying, 7 (all in the Pastoral Epistles, 1 Tim 1:15, 3:1, 4:9, 12; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 1:9, 3:8*).

  * This "faithful saying" does not refer to what follows it, but to what precedes it in verses 3-7. The affirmation of this is to be made "in order that (ina) they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works."

• "Children of Israel," 14.
• "There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth," 7.

WORDS FROM THE SAME ROOT

(1) Old Testament

• d#) (eshed), a stream 1, and twd#) (ashedoth), springs, 6. Total, 7.
• Myzng (g'nah-zeem), treasuries, 3; Nyzng (ginzeen, Chal.), treasure, 3; and Kzng (ganzak), a treasury, 1. Total, 7.
• b#k (kesev), a lamb, 13; hb#k (kisbah), a ewe-lamb, 1. Total, 14.
• Pws (sooph), to have an end, Heb., 8; Chald., 2: Pws (soph), the end, Heb., 5; Chald., 5; hpws (suphah), a whirlwind, Heb., 15. Total, Hebrew 28; Chaldee 7; 35 in all.
• Mqr (rahqam), to embroider, 9; hmqr (riqmah), broidered work, 12. Total, 21.
• +m# (shamat) to release, etc., 9; h+m# (sh'mittah), a release, 5. Total, 14.

(2) New Testament

• asthr (asteer), a star, 24; astron (astron), a star, 4. Total, 28.
• basanoV (basanos), torment, 3; basanizw (basanizo), to torment, 12; basanismoV (basanismos), torment, 5; basanisthV (basanistees), a tormentor, 1. Total, 21.
• Galatia, Galatia, 4 times: 1 Cor 16:1; Gal 1:2; 2 Tim 4:10; 1 Peter 1:1. Galatians, once: Gal 3:1. Of Galatia, twice: Acts 16:6, 18:23. Total, 7.
• eleuqeroV (eleutheros), free, 23; eleuqeria (eleutheria), freedom, 11; eleuqerow (eleutheroo), to set free, 7; apeleuqeroV (apeleutheros), a freed-man, 1. Total, 42.
  
  

  In Romans	7	42
  In St. John's Gospel and Revelation	7
  Elsewhere	28

• hcoV (eechos), a sound, 3; hcew (eecheo), to sound, 2; exhceomai (exeecheomai), to sound forth, 1; kathcew (kateecheo), to teach by sound (or word of mouth), 8. Total, 14.

WORDS FROM A DIFFERENT ROOT, BUT WITH SIMILAR MEANINGS

* The RV with the textual editors read arshn (neut.) for arrhn in these three passages: Rom 1:27; Rev 12:5,13.

** Reading trefw, "to nourish," in Luke 23:29 with RV and editors.

amnoV (amnos), lamb	4	35 (5x7)
arhn (areen), lamb (Luke 10:3)	1
arnion (arnion), lamb	30

gelaw (gelao), to laugh		2	6
	gelwV (gelos), laughter	1
	katagelaw (katagelao), to laugh to scorn	3
mukthrizw (mukteerizo), to mock		1	3
	ekmukthrizw (ek-mukteerizo), to deride	2
empaizw (empaizo), to mock		13	17
	empaigmoV (empaigmos), mocking	1
	empaigmonh (empaigmonee), mockery	*1
	empaikthV (empaiktees), a mocker	2
cleuazw (chleuazo), to mock		**2	2
Total of the four roots (4x7)			28

* This word is added by the Textual Editors and RV in 2 Peter 3:3, which would thus read "scoffers with scoffing."

** All the authorities read diacleuazw in Acts 2:13.

ormh (hormee), onset	2	20
ormaw (hormao), to rush	5
ormhma (hormeema), a mighty fall	1
aformh (aphormee), occasion	7
koniortoV (koniortos), dust	5
parotrunw (par-otruno), stir up	1	1
(3x7)		21

Sometimes a single chapter or separate portion may be taken and dealt with by itself, and thus form a fruitful subject of Bible study. We give an example of

Ezekiel 36

I. Seven things concerning Israel today:—

1. Unclean in the sight of God (v 29).
2. Possessed of stony hearts (v 26).
3. Profaning God's holy Name (vv 20, 22).
4. Scattered among the heathen (v 19).
5. Covered with infamy and shame (vv 3-6).
6. Subject to heathen rule (v 6).
7. Desolate, forsaken, and a reproach (vv 3,4,30).

II. Seven things God will do to Israel's oppressors:—

1. Speak in jealousy against them (v 5).
2. Turn their glory into shame (v 7).
3. Dispossess them of their occupation in the land (vv 10,11).
4. Give them to Israel for a possession (v 12).
5. Break their power to crush Israel (vv 13,14).
6. Vindicate and glorify His own name among them (v 22).
7. Teach them that He is God (vv 36,38).

III. Seven things God will do for Israel:—

1. Gather them out of all countries (v 24).
2. Bring them into their own land (v 24).
3. Cleanse them from filth and idols (v 26).
4. Give them new hearts and minds, and His spirit (vv 26,27).
5. Make them again His people (v 28).
6. Cause them to flourish and multiply (v 30).
7. Make their end better than their beginning (v 11).

IV. Seven things Israel themselves will do:—

1. Remember their past evil (v 31).
2. Loathe themselves for their iniquity (v 31).
3. Be ashamed and confounded (v 32).
4. Walk in Jehovah's statutes (v 27).
5. Keep His judgments (v 27).
6. Dwell for ever in the land (v 33).
7. Pray for the accomplishment of all these blessings (v 37).

GEMATRIA

One or two examples may be given of the numbers in names, etc., though many more are given elsewhere.

• Enoch, "the seventh from Adam" = 84 (7x12).
• "Heirs of God," in the Greek = 1071 (7x153).
• "The Lamb," in Greek = 651 (=7x93 or 7x3x31).

THE MULTIPLES OF SEVEN

as a rule partake of the same spiritual significance, and therefore we have not treated all of them specially, but only where they have a peculiar significance arising from the power of the other factor, as is the case with 42, 49, 70, etc.

As an example of one of the other multiples we may take:

THE ASS

The "ass" is the only animal that man is compared to: see Job 11:12, "For vain man would be wise, though man be born a wild ass's colt."

In Exodus 13:13 the first-born of man is classed with the firstling of an ass. Both must be redeemed with a lamb. This is repeated in Exodus 34:20. Nothing less than a sacrificial redemptive act could bring such a being to God.

There are 28 (4x7) asses separately spoken of, and with these may be compared the 28 (4x7) "times" connected with "vain man" in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

1. Balaam's ass (Num 22:21), "a time to speak."
2. Achsah's ass (Josh 15:18), "a time to get," when she lighted off her ass to make her request and get what she asked.
3. Samson's (Judg 15:15), "a time to war."
4. The Levite's (Judg 19:28), "a time to be silent," when "none answered," and he sent his desperate, silent message throughout Israel.
5. Abigail's (1 Sam 25:20), "a time of peace," when she met David and made peace for Nabal.
6. Her second ass (v 42), "a time to love," when she went to meet David and became his wife.
7. Ahithophel's (2 Sam 17:23), "a time to die," when he saddled his ass and went and hanged himself.
8. The "old prophet's" ass (1 Kings 13:13,27), "a time to kill," when he found "the man of God" killed by the lion.
9. The "man of God's" ass (v 28), "a time to mourn," when the old prophet laid him thereon "to mourn and to bury him."
10. The Shunamite's ass (2 Kings 4:24), "a time to heal," when she rode to Elisha, who restored her son.
11. Mephibosheth's (2 Sam 19:26), "a time to embrace," when he would go and salute David.
12. Shimei's (1 Kings 2:40), "a time to die."
13. Jesse's (1 Sam 16:20), "a time to live" (21).
14. Moses' (Exo 4:20-26), "a time to kill," when he incurred the judgment of Genesis 17:14.
15. Abraham's (Gen 22:3), "a time to get and a time to lose," when God demanded back the son He had given.
16. The Saviour's ass (Matt 20:5), "a time to laugh," when the daughter of Jerusalem rejoiced.
17. The young, its foal (Matt 21:5).
18. -28. The asses of Jacob's sons (Gen 44:13), filling up the other "times."

ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS ILLUSTRATIONS

Seven miracles wrought by Christ on the Sabbath day:—

1. The withered hand, Matt 12:9.
2. The unclean spirit, Mark 1:21.
3. Peter's wife's mother, Mark 1:29.
4. The woman, Luke 13:11.
5. The man with dropsy, Luke 14:2.
6. The impotent man, John 5:8,9.
7. The man born blind, John 9:14.

"The last day" mentioned seven times in John's Gospel:—John 6:39, 40, 44, 54, 7:37, 11:24, 12:48.

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