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The Number 7

 

The recurrence of seven - or an exact multiple of seven - is found throughout the Bible and is widely recognized. The frequent occurrence of the number seven is conspicuous even to a casual reader.

Here are many instances of the number seven's appearances in the Bible. God bless you!

 
Seven days of creation in Genesis Genesis 1
Seven days until rain after Noah enters the ark Genesis 7:4, 10
Seven days between the doves Genesis 8:10, 12
Seven years Jacob serves for each of his two wives Genesis 28:18-20; 29:27-30
Seven ewe lambs at the well of Beersheba Genesis 21:28-30
Seven days pursuit of Jacob by Laban Genesis 31:23
Seven bows by Jacob meeting Esau Genesis 33:3
Seven kine and seven ears of corn in Pharaoh's dreams

(Seven good years and seven famine years)

Genesis 41
Seven daughters of Reuel, Priest of Midian Exodus 2:16
Seven days the waters turned to blood Exodus 7:25
Seven lamps of the Menorah Exodus 25:37
Seven elements of furniture in the Tabernacle Exodus 25
Seven feasts of Israel Leviticus 23
Seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread Exodus 12:15, 19; 13:6, 7; Leviticus 23:6
Seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles Leviticus 23:34-36
Seven weeks to the Feast of Weeks Leviticus 23:16
Seven months in the ecclesiastical year, from Nisan to Tishri
Seven years of the sabbatical year Leviticus 25:4
Seven times seven to the Jubilee Year Leviticus 25:8
the repeated use of seven in the Levitical priestly instructions Exodus 29:35, 37; et al.
Seven priests with seven trumpets circling Jericho seven times Joshua 6
Seven nations of Canaan Joshua 3:10; 24:11
Solomon was seven years building the Temple 1 Kings 6:38
Naaman washed seven times in the river 2 Kings 5:10, 14
Seven loaves fed the 4,000 Matthew 15: 32-39; Mark 8:1-9
Seven deacons in Acts Acts 6:5
Seven sons of Sceva Acts 19:14
Seven lamp stands Revelation 1:12, 13, 20
Seven Spirits before His throne Revelation 1:4; 3:1
Seven horns, seven eyes... Revelation 5:6
Seven structural elements to each letter

1) The name of the church (each of which turns out to be significant;

2) A title of Jesus, specifically selected to fit the theme of each letter;

3) A commendation: the good news;

4) A criticism: the bad news;

5) An exhortation for correction;

6) A parenthetical control phrase: "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches";

7) A special promise to the overcomer.

Revelation 2 and 3
These seven churches are also suggestively parallel to the seven churches Paul wrote to Ephesians, Philippians, Corinthians, Galatians, Romans, Thessalonians, and Colossians; as well as the seven parables of Matthew 13
Seven promises to the overcomer Revelation 2 and 3
Seven commendations to Ephesus Revelation 2:2, 3
Seven seals Revelation 6
Seven trumpets Revelation 8 and 9
Seven angels, with seven plagues Revelation 15:7
Seven bowls Revelation 16
Seven thunders Revelation 10:3, 4
Seven personages

(The Woman, the Man-child, the Dragon, the seven-headed Beast, the False Prophet, the Michael, and the Lamb)

Revelation 12 and 13
Seven New Things Revelation 2:17; 3:12; 5:9; 14:3; 21:1, 2, 5
Seven Beatitudes Revelation 1:3; 14:3; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; 22:7; 22:14
Seven "The Just One" Titles:
"The Just One" Acts 22:14
Pilate's wife, "Have nothing to do..." Matthew 27:19
Pilate, washing his hands Matthew 27:24
Centurion at the cross Luke 23: 46-7
Peter's sermon Acts 3:14
Stephen before the council Acts 7:51-52
Peter's letter: The Just for the unjust 1 Peter 3:18
Seven miracles The Gospel of John
Seven discourses The Gospel of John
Seven "I AM" statements The Gospel of John
Seven attestations The Gospel of John

 

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