Meaning Of Biblical Numbers

To write twenty-nine in Hebrew, they wrote two Hebrew letters: kaph-teth. This letter combination can signify the
works (kaph) of the serpent (teth), but in this case the teth has more to do with the idea of surrounding or encircling. The
serpent was often pictured as eating its tail to form a circle.
Twenty-nine is the number of departure. This being the last number of the series of twenties, it depicts a change from
the covering of one’s house into something new. Also, because the number nine has to do with the judgment of the Holy
Spirit, the baptism of fire, it is preparatory to the number 30, which is about dedication to rulership.
The 29 th time the name of Noah is used (Gen. 8:18, 19), he and his family are departing from the ark after the flood.
The 29 th time the name Abram is used (Gen. 14:12), he is departing from the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The 29 th time the name Abraham is used (Gen. 20:11-13), he tells Abimelech about when he had departed his father’s
house.
The 29 th time the name Isaac is used (Gen. 26:1), he is departing from Beer-lahairoi to go to Gerar.
The 29 th time the name Jacob is used (Gen. 28:7), it says that he had left his parents and had gone to Padan-aram.
The 29 th time Joshua’s name is mentioned (Joshua 1:12), the tribes of Israel were being instructed as to their Jordan
crossing. They were departing from the wilderness and entering the Promised Land.
The 29 th time Salem or Jerusalem is mentioned (2 Sam. 15:8), Absalom was departing from Jerusalem to go to
Hebron, where he was about to instigate the revolt against David.
The 29 th time Jesus’ name is mentioned in the book of Matthew (8:34), the people were requesting that He depart
from their coasts after He had healed the demoniac.
The 29 th time Jesus’ name is mentioned in the book of John (4:2, 3), we read that He departed from Judea.
The 29 th time Paul’s name is mentioned in Acts is in Acts 16:28. The earthquake had just occurred, and the jailer
assumed that the prisoners had all departed. But Paul prevented the jailer from committing suicide by telling him that no
one had tried to escape.
Thirty (lamed)
Dedication for Rulership
The number thirty in Hebrew was written as the letter lamed, which is literally an ox goad or staff. Thus, it was a
symbol of authority, leadership, or rulership.
Thirty is the number of dedication for rulership. It was the age which God established as the age of rulership for
priests (Num. 4:23). Joseph was elevated to power at the age of 30, as we read in Genesis 41:46,
46 Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out
from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.
David was also thirty when he became king, as we read in 2 Sam. 5:4,
4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
The fact that Judas essentially sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver (Matt. 26:15; Zech. 11:12, 13) indicates that Judas
presumed to take authority over Jesus. Thirty pieces of silver was the price of a slave, and so Judas was acting as if he was
the ruler and Jesus was his slave. This is also the central point of the law in Ex. 21:32,
32 If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and
the ox shall be stoned.
Again, thirty is the price of a slave in this case.
The length of each curtain over the tabernacle of Moses was thirty cubits (Ex. 36:15). The curtains are the covering of
God over the tabernacle and signify God’s rulership and covering over the true temple, which is the Church.
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