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The Number Seven

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 21, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 8.

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The Number Seven.

This number is frequently used in the Bible. On the 7th day God ended his work; the 7th month Noah’s ark touched the ground, and in 7 days a dove was sent out.
Abraham pleaded 7 times for Sodom, Jacob served 7 years for Rachel, mourned 7 days for Joseph, and was pursued a 7 days’ journey by Laban.
A plenty of 7 years, and a famine of 7 years were foretold in Pharaoh’s dream, by 7 fat and 7 lean beasts, and 7 ears of full and 7 ears of blasted corn.
On the 7th day of the 7th month the children of Israel fasted 7 days, and remained 7 days in tents. Every 7 years the land rested; every 7th year all bondmen were free, and the law was read to the people.
In the destruction of Jericho, 7 priests bore 7 trumpets 7 days; on the 7th day they surrounded the walls 7 times; and at the end of the 7th round the walls fell.
Solomon was 7 years building the temple, and feasted 7 days at its dedication. In the tabernacle were 7 lamps, and the golden candle-stick had 7 branches. Naaman washed 7 times in Jordan.
Job’s friends sat with him 7 days and 7 nights, and offered 7 bullocks and 7 rams as an atonement.
Our Saviour spoke 7 times from the cross, on which he hung 7 hours, and after his resurrection appeared 7 times. In the Lord’s prayer are 7 petitions, containing 7 times 7 words.
In Revelation we read of 7 churches, 7 candlesticks, 7 stars, 7 trumpets, 7 plagues, 7 thunders, 7 seals, 7 angels, and a 7-headed monster.