Meaning Of Biblical Numbers

Fourteen (yod-daleth)
Deliverance, Release
To write fourteen in Hebrew, they wrote two Hebrew letters: yod-daleth. These signify the hand (outworking) of the
door. It pictures a release or deliverance from the prison with the opening of the door.
Fourteen is the number of deliverance or release. Israel was delivered from Egypt by the Passover lamb that was
killed on the 14 th day of the first month (Passover). When the ship that was carrying Paul to Rome was caught in the
storm, they were delivered on the 14 th day (Acts 27:33, 34).
In Gen. 12:10 Abram went down to Egypt in order to deliver himself from the famine in Canaan. This was the 14 th
time Abram’s name is mentioned in Scripture.
The 14 th time that Abraham is mentioned is in Gen. 18:13, where the Lord told them that Sarah would deliver a child
(Isaac) in the next year. When Sarah laughed, the Lord said, “Is anything too difficult for the Lord?”
The 14 th time Israel’s name is mentioned is in Gen. 45:28, when Jacob-Israel came to understand that God had
delivered Joseph. This also released Jacob himself from his second 21-year “time of trouble,” for Joseph had been
presumed dead for 21 years.
The 14 th time Joshua’s name is mentioned is in Num. 27:22. It was the occasion where Moses laid hands upon him to
commission him as Moses’ replacement. This released Joshua into his calling and released Moses from his own calling.
The 14 th time Jesus’ name is mentioned in the book of Luke is in Luke 4:35. Jesus delivered a man from a demon.
Fifteen (yod-hey)
New Direction
To write fifteen in Hebrew, they wrote two Hebrew letters: yod-hey. These signify the hand (outworking) of the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit, which gives us a new direction in life.
Fifteen is the number of new direction. Psalm 15 speaks of entering God’s rest when we dwell on God’s holy hill.
This is a new direction from the normal walk of the carnal man. Even as eight follows the perfect cycle of seven and is the
number of new beginnings, so also 15 follows 14 (the second cycle of seven).
Israel left Egypt on the morning of the 15 th day of the first month. After being in bondage in Egypt for so long, this
marked a new direction for the nation.
The 15 th time that Noah is mentioned is in Gen. 7:7,
7 Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark because of the water of
the flood.
It was a new direction not only for Noah’s family, but for the whole earth as well. The 15 th time that Abram is
mentioned is in Gen. 12:14,
14 And it came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Here we find Abram taking a new direction by going to Egypt. The 15 th time that Abraham is mentioned is in Gen.
18:16,
16 Then the men rose up from there, and looked down toward Sodom; and Abraham was walking with
them to send them off.
After the two angels had appeared to Abraham, they were ready to go in a new direction to Sodom.
The 15 th time that Isaac is mentioned is in Gen. 24:14, where Eliezar had gone to Haran to find a wife for Isaac. He
arrived at a well and needed to know what direction to go, so he prayed that God’s choice of bride for Isaac would offer
him and his camels a drink. Rebekah showed up and did this.
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