ONE FAMILY PLAN
Seven
“The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES.” (Psalm 12:6)
“He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, IN SEVEN THERE SHALL NO EVIL TOUCH THEE.” (Job 5:19) “These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, SEVEN ARE AN ABOMINATION UNTO HIM…” (Proverbs 6:16) “When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for THERE ARE SEVEN ABOMINATIONS IN HIS HEART.” (Prov 26:25)
“For A JUST MAN FALLETH SEVEN TIMES, AND RISETH UP AGAIN…” (Prov 24:16)
“And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, OUT OF WHOM WENT SEVEN DEVILS…” (Luke 8:2) “Then goeth he, and taketh to him SEVEN OTHER SPIRITS MORE WICKED than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.” (Luke 11:26)
“Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? TILL SEVEN TIMES? Jesus saith unto him, I SAY NOT UNTO THEE, UNTIL SEVEN TIMES: BUT, UNTIL SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN.” (Matthew 18:21-22) “And if he TRESPASS AGAINST THEE SEVEN TIMES IN A DAY, and SEVEN TIMES IN A DAY TURN again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.” (Luke 17:4)
“And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, SEVEN.” (Mark 8:5) “So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was LEFT SEVEN BASKETS.” (Mark 8:8) “‘And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, HOW MANY BASKETFULS OF PIECES DID YOU PICK UP?’ They answered, ‘SEVEN.’” (Mark 8:20)
“SEVEN TIMES A DAY DO I PRAISE THEE because of thy righteous judgments.” (Psalm 119:164)
“But if he be found, HE SHALL RESTORE SEVENFOLD; he shall give ALL THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS HOUSE.” (Proverbs 6:31)
“Wisdom hath builded her house, SHE HATH HEWN OUT HER SEVEN PILLARS…” (Prov 9:1)
“SEVENTY WEEKS ARE DETERMINED UPON THY PEOPLE AND UPON THY HOLY CITY, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.” (Dan 9:24)
“And it shall come to pass, WHEN SEVENTY YEARS ARE ACCOMPLISHED, THAT I WILL PUNISH THE KING OF BABYLON, AND THAT NATION, saith the LORD, for their iniquity…” (Jer 25:12) “For thus saith the LORD, That AFTER SEVENTY YEARS BE ACCOMPLISHED AT BABYLON I WILL VISIT YOU, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.” (Jer 29:10)
“And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and THEY SHALL BURN THEM WITH FIRE SEVEN YEARS…” (Ezekiel 39:9) “And SEVEN MONTHS SHALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL BE BURYING OF THEM, THAT THEY MAY CLEANSE THE LAND.” (Ezekiel 39:12)
“Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. HE ORDERED THE FURNACE HEATED SEVEN TIMES HOTTER than usual…” (Dan 3:19)
“John to THE SEVEN CHURCHES which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from THE SEVEN SPIRITS which are before his throne…” (Rev 1:4) “And in the midst of the SEVEN CANDLESTICKS one like unto the Son of man…” (Rev 1:13) “And he had in his right hand SEVEN STARS: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword…” (Rev 1:16) “The mystery of the SEVEN STARS which thou sawest in my right hand, and the SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS. The seven stars are the ANGELS OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES: and THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS WHICH THOU SAWEST ARE THE SEVEN CHURCHES.” (Rev 1:20)
“And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose THE SEVEN SEALS thereof.” (Rev 5:5) “And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having SEVEN HORNS and SEVEN EYES, which are THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD sent forth into all the earth.” (Rev 5:6)
“And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given SEVEN TRUMPETS.” (Rev 8:2)
“And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, SEVEN THUNDERS UTTERED THEIR VOICES.” (Rev 10:3)
“But in THE DAYS OF THE VOICE OF THE SEVENTH ANGEL, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.” (Rev 10:7)
“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having SEVEN HEADS and ten horns, and SEVEN CROWNS upon his heads.” (Rev 12:3) “…and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having SEVEN HEADS and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.” (Rev 13:1) “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, HAVING SEVEN HEADS and ten horns.” (Rev 17:3) “And here is the mind which hath wisdom. THE SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN MOUNTAINS, on which the woman sitteth. And there are SEVEN KINGS: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is THE EIGHTH, AND IS OF THE SEVEN, and goeth into perdition.” (Rev 17:9-11)
“And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, SEVEN ANGELS HAVING THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.” (Rev 15:1) “And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and NO MAN WAS ABLE TO ENTER INTO THE TEMPLE, TILL THE SEVEN PLAGUES OF THE SEVEN ANGELS WERE FULFILLED.” (Rev 15:8)
“But what saith the answer of God unto him? I HAVE RESERVED TO MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN, WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO THE IMAGE OF BAAL.” (Rom 11:4)
Jericho…
“And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.” (Joshua 6:4) “And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.” (Joshua 6:6) “And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.” (Joshua 6:8)
“Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. The SEVEN PRIESTS CARRYING THE SEVEN TRUMPETS went forward, marching before the ark of the LORD and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while THE TRUMPETS KEPT SOUNDING. So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. THEY DID THIS FOR SIX DAYS. ON THE SEVENTH DAY, THEY GOT UP AT DAYBREAK AND MARCHED AROUND THE CITY SEVEN TIMES in the same manner, except that on that day THEY CIRCLED THE CITY SEVEN TIMES. THE SEVENTH TIME AROUND, WHEN THE PRIESTS SOUNDED THE TRUMPET BLAST, JOSHUA COMMANDED THE ARMY, ‘SHOUT! FOR THE LORD HAS GIVEN YOU THE CITY!’” (Joshua 6:12-16)
“And there remained among the children of Israel SEVEN TRIBES, WHICH HAD NOT YET RECEIVED THEIR INHERITANCE.” (Joshua 18:2) “And THEY SHALL DIVIDE IT INTO SEVEN PARTS: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. Ye shall therefore DESCRIBE THE LAND INTO SEVEN PARTS, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.” (Joshua 18:5-6) “And the men went and passed through the land, and DESCRIBED IT BY CITIES INTO SEVEN PARTS in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.” (Joshua 18:9)
Hands of the Enemy 7 Years…
“And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and THE LORD DELIVERED THEM INTO THE HAND OF MIDIAN SEVEN YEARS.” (Judges 6:1)
Samson…
“And Samson said unto them, I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE UNTO YOU: IF YE CAN CERTAINLY DECLARE IT ME WITHIN THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE FEAST, and find it out, then I will give you…” (Judges 14:12)
The Riddle
“He replied, ‘Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.’ For three days they could not give the answer.” (Judges 14:14) “She cried the whole seven days of the feast. So on the seventh day he finally told her, because she continued to press him. She in turn explained the riddle to her people.” (Judges 14:17)
The Lies…
“Samson answered her, ‘If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.’” (Judges 16:7) “…If thou weavest the seven locks of my head…” (Judges 16:13)
The Nazirite…
“With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it. So he told her everything. ‘No razor has ever been used on my head,’ he said, ‘because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.’” (Judges 16:16-17)
7 NOT CHOSEN…
“Again, Jesse made SEVEN OF HIS SONS TO PASS BEFORE SAMUEL. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath NOT chosen these.” (1 Sam 16:10)
Fasted 7 Days…
“And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and FASTED SEVEN DAYS.” (1 Sam 31:13)
Famine 7 Years…
“Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and IT SHALL ALSO COME UPON THE LAND SEVEN YEARS.” (2 Kings 8:1)
David’s Child…
“And it came to pass ON THE SEVENTH DAY, that the child died…” (2 Sam 12:18)
Revenge of the Gibeonites, the Amorites…
“LET SEVEN MEN OF HIS SONS BE DELIVERED UNTO US, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.” (2 Sam 21:6) “And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and THEY FELL ALL SEVEN TOGETHER, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.” (2 Sam 21:9)
The Temple of which We Are…
“And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. SO WAS HE SEVEN YEARS IN BUILDING IT.” (1 Kings 6:38)
“And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and THEY WENT UP UNTO IT BY SEVEN STEPS; and the arches thereof were before them.” (Ezekiel 40:22) “And THERE WERE SEVEN STEPS TO GO UP TO IT, and the arches thereof were before them…” (Ezekiel 40:26)
“SEVEN DAYS SHALT THOU PREPARE EVERY DAY A GOAT FOR A SIN OFFERING: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. SEVEN DAYS SHALL THEY PURGE THE ALTAR AND PURIFY IT; AND THEY SHALL CONSECRATE THEMSELVES.” (Ezekiel 43:25-26) “And after he is cleansed, THEY SHALL RECKON UNTO HIM SEVEN DAYS.” (Ezekiel 44:26)
The Passover – 7 Days – 7 Bullocks – 7 Rams
“In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, YE SHALL HAVE THE PASSOVER, A FEAST OF SEVEN DAYS; unleavened bread shall be eaten.” (Ezekiel 45:21) “And SEVEN DAYS OF THE FEAST HE SHALL PREPARE A BURNT OFFERING TO THE LORD, SEVEN BULLOCKS AND SEVEN RAMS WITHOUT BLEMISH DAILY THE SEVEN DAYS; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.” (Ezekiel 45:23) “In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in THE FEAST OF THE SEVEN DAYS, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.” (Ezekiel 45:25)
7 Times Healed…
“Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and THE CHILD SNEEZED SEVEN TIMES, AND THE CHILD OPENED HIS EYES.” (2 Kings 4:35)
“And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, GO AND WASH IN JORDAN SEVEN TIMES, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and THOU SHALT BE CLEAN.” (2 Kings 5:10) “Then went he down, and DIPPED HIMSELF SEVEN TIMES in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God:
and HIS FLESH CAME AGAIN LIKE UNTO THE FLESH OF A LITTLE CHILD, AND HE WAS CLEAN.” (2 Kings 5:14)
Nebuchadnezzar…
“I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven.” (Dan 4:13)
“He proclaimed aloud and said thus: ‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches. But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, amid the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of heaven. Let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.’” (Daniel 4:14-15, ESV)
“Let his mind be changed from a man’s, and let a beast’s mind be given to him; and LET SEVEN PERIODS OF TIME PASS OVER HIM.” (Dan 4:16, ESV)
“The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end THAT THE LIVING MAY KNOW THAT THE MOST HIGH RULES THE KINGDOM OF MEN AND GIVES IT TO WHOM HE WILL AND SETS OVER IT THE LOWLIEST OF MEN.” (Dan 4:17)
“The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that ITS TOP REACHED TO HEAVEN, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth, whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, UNDER WHICH BEASTS OF THE FIELD FOUND SHADE, AND IN WHOSE BRANCHES THE BIRDS OF THE HEAVENS LIVED—it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. YOUR GREATNESS HAS GROWN AND REACHES TO HEAVEN, and your dominion to the ends of the earth.” (Dan 4:20-22)
“And because the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven periods of time pass over him…’” (Dan 4:23, ESV)
“That THEY SHALL DRIVE THEE FROM MEN, and THY DWELLING SHALL BE WITH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, TILL THOU KNOW THAT THE MOST HIGH RULETH IN THE KINGDOM OF MEN, AND GIVETH IT TO WHOMSOEVER HE WILL.” (Dan 4:25)
“And whereas they commanded to LEAVE THE STUMP of the tree roots; THY KINGDOM SHALL BE SURE unto thee, AFTER THAT THOU SHALT HAVE KNOWN THAT THE HEAVENS DO RULE.” (Dan 4:26)
Words of Nebuchadnezzar…
“The king spake, and said, IS NOT THIS GREAT BABYLON, THAT I HAVE BUILT for the house of the kingdom BY THE MIGHT OF MY POWER, and FOR THE HONOUR OF MY MAJESTY? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.” (Dan 4:30-31)
Man is always seeking to build a name for himself/herself – it is what we ALL do well…
“And they said, Go to, LET US BUILD US A CITY AND A TOWER, WHOSE TOP MAY REACH UNTO HEAVEN…” (Gen 11:4)
This is the plight of man…
“…and LET US MAKE A NAME FOR OURSELVES, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” (Gen 11:4, ESV)
ALL men have set out to make a name for themselves. It comes naturally. We desire our name on everything. It is OUR accomplishment. We are special. It is OUR doing. And ALL men will pay a price…
“…and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, HAVING SEVEN HEADS and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and UPON HIS HEADS THE NAME OF BLASPHEMY.” (Rev 13:1) “…and behold a great red dragon, HAVING SEVEN HEADS and ten horns…” (Rev 12:3) “And THEY WORSHIPPED THE DRAGON which gave power unto the beast: and THEY WORSHIPPED THE BEAST, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?” (Rev 13:4)
“Then the LORD said to him, ‘Not so! IF ANYONE KILLS Cain, VENGEANCE SHALL BE TAKEN ON HIM SEVENFOLD.’ And the LORD put a mark on Cain…” (Gen 4:15, ESV) “…lest any finding him should kill him.” (Gen 4:15, KJV) “…I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me. IF CAIN IS AVENGED SEVEN TIMES, THEN LAMECH SEVENTY-SEVEN TIMES.” (Gen 4:23-24) “ANYONE WHO HATES HIS BROTHER IS A MURDERER, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.” (1 John 3:15, NIV) “Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, NOT SEVEN TIMES, BUT SEVENTY-SEVEN TIMES.’” (Matthew 18:21-22)
“OF EVERY CLEAN BEAST THOU SHALT TAKE TO THEE BY SEVENS, THE MALE AND HIS FEMALE: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.” (Gen 7:2) “OF FOWLS ALSO OF THE AIR BY SEVENS, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.” (Gen 7:3)
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.” (Gen 7:4)
The Flood…
“and THIS WATER SYMBOLIZES BAPTISM THAT NOW SAVES YOU also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God.” (1 Pet 3:21)
“But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption…” (2 Pet 2:12)
The BEAST ‘of the earth’ –
“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.” (2 Pet 2:20) “The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.” (2 Peter 2:22)
“And ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD ENDED HIS WORK…” (Gen 2:2) “And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that IN IT HE HAD RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK WHICH GOD CREATED AND MADE.” (Gen 2:3)
Rachel is the promised one, Leah in bondage. Jacob IS Israel, the Bride of God Almighty. As Jacob loved Rachel, God loves Israel but remember there are 2 – of Hagar (Ishmael - Leah) and of the Promise (Sarah – Isaac - Rachel)…
“And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I WILL SERVE THEE SEVEN YEARS for Rachel thy younger daughter.” (Gen 29:18) “And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and THEY SEEMED UNTO HIM BUT A FEW DAYS, for the love he had to her.” (Gen 29:20) “Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which THOU SHALT SERVE WITH ME YET SEVEN OTHER YEARS.” (Gen 29:27) “And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.” (Gen 29:30)
As Isaac is father of 12 Tribes (of the Promise) so is Ishmael father of 12 Tribes (in bondage)…
“And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. HE WILL BE THE FATHER OF TWELVE RULERS, and I will make him into a great nation. BUT MY COVENANT I WILL ESTABLISH WITH ISAAC, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.” (Gen 17:20-21)
“THOU TURNEST MAN TO DESTRUCTION; and sayest, RETURN, YE CHILDREN OF MEN. For A THOUSAND YEARS IN THY SIGHT ARE BUT AS YESTERDAY WHEN IT IS PAST, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; THEY ARE AS A SLEEP: IN THE MORNING THEY ARE LIKE GRASS WHICH GROWETH UP.” (Psalm 90:3-5)
“Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, ‘THE DREAMS OF PHARAOH ARE ONE AND THE SAME. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. THE SEVEN GOOD COWS ARE SEVEN YEARS, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream. THE SEVEN LEAN, UGLY COWS THAT CAME UP AFTERWARD ARE SEVEN YEARS, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.’” (Gen 41:25-27)
Manna (spiritual food) from Heaven…
“And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.” (Gen 41:36)
AFTER being fed Manna from Heaven, we return to Egypt BEFORE entering the Promised Land…
“But as for you, TURN AROUND AND SET OUT TOWARD THE DESERT ALONG THE ROUTE TO THE RED SEA.” (Deu 1:40, NIV)
“Then the LORD said to him, ‘Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.’” (Gen 15:13-14) “In the fourth generation YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL COME BACK here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.” (Gen 15:16)
“And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. AND SEVEN DAYS WERE FULFILLED, after that the LORD had smitten the river.” (Ex 7:24-25)
“…You must give me the firstborn of your sons. Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but GIVE THEM TO ME ON THE EIGHTH DAY.” (Ex 22:29-30)
“And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and THE CLOUD COVERED IT SIX DAYS: AND THE SEVENTH DAY HE CALLED UNTO MOSES out of the midst of the cloud.” (Ex 24:16)
“And THOU SHALT MAKE THE SEVEN LAMPS thereof: and they shall light the lamps…” (Ex 25:37)
THE DAY OF THE GREAT FEAST…
“Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread…” (Ex 12:15) “Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and IN THE SEVENTH DAY SHALL BE A FEAST TO THE LORD.” (Ex 13:6)
“And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: SEVEN DAYS SHALT THOU CONSECRATE THEM.” (Ex 29:35)
“SEVEN DAYS THOU SHALT MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR THE ALTAR, AND SANCTIFY IT; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.” (Ex 29:37)
7 Days…
“…for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.” (Ex 31:17)
7 years, 7 periods of time…
“And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and SPRINKLE OF THE BLOOD SEVEN TIMES before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.” (Lev 4:6) “And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and SPRINKLE IT SEVEN TIMES before the LORD, even before the vail.” (Lev 4:17) “And HE SPRINKLED THEREOF UPON THE ALTAR SEVEN TIMES, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.” (Lev 8:11) “And you shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting FOR SEVEN DAYS, UNTIL THE DAYS OF YOUR ORDINATION ARE COMPLETED, for it will take seven days to ordain you.” (Lev 8:33, ESV)
Unclean 7 Days
“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then SHE SHALL BE UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS…” (Lev 12:2)
“…then the priest shall SHUT UP HIM THAT HATH THE PLAGUE SEVEN DAYS: And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall SHUT HIM UP SEVEN DAYS MORE: And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN…” (Lev 13:4-6)
“And the priest shall look upon him THE SEVENTH DAY: AND IF IT BE SPREAD much abroad in the skin, then THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN: it is the plague of leprosy.” (Lev 13:27)
“Then the priest shall command that they WASH THE THING WHEREIN THE PLAGUE IS, AND HE SHALL SHUT IT UP SEVEN DAYS MORE…” (Lev 13:54) “…it is unclean; THOU SHALT BURN IT IN THE FIRE…” (Lev 13:55) “…it is A SPREADING PLAGUE: THOU SHALT BURN THAT WHEREIN THE PLAGUE IS WITH FIRE.” (Lev 13:57) “…if the plague be departed from them, then IT SHALL BE WASHED THE SECOND TIME, AND SHALL BE CLEAN.” (Lev 13:58)
“And HE SHALL SPRINKLE UPON HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED FROM THE LEPROSY SEVEN TIMES, AND SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN, AND SHALL LET THE LIVING BIRD LOOSE into the open field.” (Lev 14:7) “And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD…” (Lev 14:16) “And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD…” (Lev 14:27)
“Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, AND SHUT UP THE HOUSE SEVEN DAYS…” (Lev 14:38) “And THE PRIEST SHALL COME AGAIN THE SEVENTH DAY, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; Then the priest shall COMMAND THAT THEY TAKE AWAY THE STONES IN WHICH THE PLAGUE IS, AND THEY SHALL CAST THEM INTO AN UNCLEAN PLACE WITHOUT THE CITY” (Lev 14:39-40) “And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: And HE SHALL CLEANSE THE HOUSE WITH THE BLOOD OF THE BIRD, AND WITH THE RUNNING WATER, AND WITH THE LIVING BIRD, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet…” (Lev 14:51-52)
“And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then HE SHALL NUMBER TO HIMSELF SEVEN DAYS FOR HIS CLEANSING, AND WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIS FLESH IN RUNNING WATER, AND SHALL BE CLEAN.” (Lev 15:13)
“And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he SPRINKLE OF THE BLOOD WITH HIS FINGER SEVEN TIMES.” (Lev 16:14) “And HE SHALL SPRINKLE OF THE BLOOD UPON IT WITH HIS FINGER SEVEN TIMES, AND CLEANSE IT, AND HALLOW IT FROM THE UNCLEANNESS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.” (Lev 16:19)
“When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and FROM THE EIGHTH DAY AND THENCEFORTH IT SHALL BE ACCEPTED FOR AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE unto the LORD.” (Lev 22:27)
“And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: SEVEN DAYS YE MUST EAT UNLEAVENED BREAD.” (Lev 23:6)
“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, IN THE SEVENTH MONTH, IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, SHALL YE HAVE A SABBATH, A MEMORIAL OF BLOWING OF TRUMPETS, an holy convocation.” (Lev 23:24) “Also ON THE TENTH DAY OF THIS SEVENTH MONTH THERE SHALL BE A DAY OF ATONEMENT: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.” (Lev 23:27)
“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THIS SEVENTH MONTH SHALL BE THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES FOR SEVEN DAYS unto the LORD.” (Lev 23:34)
“SEVEN DAYS YE SHALL OFFER AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.” (Lev 23:36) “So BEGINNING WITH THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH, AFTER YOU HAVE GATHERED THE CROPS OF THE LAND, CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL TO THE LORD FOR SEVEN DAYS; THE FIRST DAY IS A DAY OF SABBATH REST, AND THE EIGHTH DAY ALSO IS A DAY OF SABBATH REST.” (Lev 23:39)
“Celebrate this as a festival to the LORD for SEVEN DAYS EACH YEAR. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; CELEBRATE IT IN THE SEVENTH MONTH. Live IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS [BOOTHS] FOR SEVEN DAYS: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.” (Lev 23:41-43)
“And THOU SHALT NUMBER SEVEN SABBATHS OF YEARS UNTO THEE, SEVEN TIMES SEVEN YEARS; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee FORTY AND NINE YEARS. Then shalt thou cause THE TRUMPET OF THE JUBILE TO SOUND ON THE TENTH DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH, IN THE DAY OF ATONEMENT SHALL YE MAKE THE TRUMPET SOUND throughout all your land.” (Lev 25:8-9)
“And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I WILL PUNISH YOU SEVEN TIMES MORE FOR YOUR SINS. AND I WILL BREAK THE PRIDE OF YOUR POWER; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: And YOUR STRENGTH SHALL BE SPENT IN VAIN: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I WILL BRING SEVEN TIMES MORE PLAGUES UPON YOU according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. And IF YE WILL NOT BE REFORMED by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will PUNISH YOU YET SEVEN TIMES for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.” (Lev 26:18-25)
“And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Then I will walk contrary unto you also IN FURY; AND I, EVEN I, WILL CHASTISE YOU SEVEN TIMES FOR YOUR SINS. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and MY SOUL SHALL ABHOR YOU.” (Lev 26:27-30)
“And I WILL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE HEATHEN, AND WILL DRAW OUT A SWORD AFTER YOU: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.” (Lev 26:33-35)
“And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I WILL NOT CAST THEM AWAY, NEITHER WILL I ABHOR THEM, TO DESTROY THEM UTTERLY, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. But I WILL FOR THEIR SAKES REMEMBER THE COVENANT of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.” (Lev 26:44-45)
Blessings in the 6th…
“And if ye shall say, WHAT SHALL WE EAT THE SEVENTH YEAR? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: Then I WILL COMMAND MY BLESSING UPON YOU IN THE SIXTH YEAR, AND IT SHALL BRING FORTH FRUIT FOR THREE YEARS.” (Lev 25:20-21)
THE NAZARITE
“And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but THE DAYS THAT WERE BEFORE SHALL BE LOST, because his separation was defiled.” (Num 6:9-12)
The 70 Elders…
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.” (Num 11:16) “And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and GATHERED THE SEVENTY MEN OF THE ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE, AND SET THEM ROUND ABOUT THE TABERNACLE. And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, AND TOOK OF THE SPIRIT THAT WAS UPON HIM, AND GAVE IT UNTO THE SEVENTY ELDERS: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.” (Num 11:24-25)
Ashamed/shut out of the Camp 7 Days… “…wherefore then WERE YE NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK AGAINST MY SERVANT MOSES? And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, MIRIAM BECAME LEPROUS, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.” (Num 12:8-10) “And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. And the LORD said unto Moses, IF HER FATHER HAD BUT SPIT IN HER FACE, SHOULD SHE NOT BE ASHAMED SEVEN DAYS? LET HER BE SHUT OUT FROM THE CAMP SEVEN DAYS, and after that let her be received in again. And MIRIAM WAS SHUT OUT FROM THE CAMP SEVEN DAYS: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.” (Num 12:13-15)
Burning of the Heifer…
“And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, AND SPRINKLE OF HER BLOOD DIRECTLY BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION SEVEN TIMES: And ONE SHALL BURN THE HEIFER IN HIS SIGHT; HER SKIN, AND HER FLESH, AND HER BLOOD, WITH HER DUNG, SHALL HE BURN: AND THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE CEDAR WOOD, AND HYSSOP, AND SCARLET, AND CAST IT INTO THE MIDST OF THE BURNING OF THE HEIFER.” (Num 19:4-6)
Unclean 7 Days…
“He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS. He shall PURIFY HIMSELF WITH IT ON THE THIRD DAY, AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY HE SHALL BE CLEAN: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: BECAUSE THE WATER OF SEPARATION WAS NOT SPRINKLED UPON HIM, HE SHALL BE UNCLEAN; his uncleanness is yet upon him.” (Num 19:11-13) “This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS. And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.” (Num 19:14-16)
“And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: And THE CLEAN PERSON SHALL SPRINKLE UPON THE UNCLEAN ON THE THIRD DAY, AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY: AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY HE SHALL PURIFY HIMSELF, AND WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER, AND SHALL BE CLEAN at even.” (Num 19:17-19)
7 Altars, 7 Oxen, 7 Rams
“And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here SEVEN ALTARS, and prepare me here SEVEN OXEN and SEVEN RAMS.” (Num 23:1) “And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I HAVE PREPARED SEVEN ALTARS, AND I HAVE OFFERED UPON EVERY ALTAR A BULLOCK AND A RAM.” (Num 23:4) “And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, AND BUILT SEVEN ALTARS, AND OFFERED A BULLOCK AND A RAM ON EVERY ALTAR.” (Num 23:14) “And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here SEVEN ALTARS, and prepare me here SEVEN BULLOCKS and SEVEN RAMS.” (Num 23:29)
Strength of the Unicorn…
“And he took up his parable…” (Num 23:18)
“GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE; NEITHER THE SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT: HATH HE SAID, AND SHALL HE NOT DO IT? OR HATH HE SPOKEN, AND SHALL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and THE SHOUT OF A KING IS AMONG THEM. GOD BROUGHT THEM OUT OF EGYPT; HE HATH AS IT WERE THE STRENGTH OF AN UNICORN. Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.” (Num 23:19-24) “God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were THE STRENGTH OF AN UNICORN: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.” (Num 24:8) “His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and HIS HORNS ARE LIKE THE HORNS OF UNICORNS: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.” (Deu 33:17) “Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.” (Psalm 22:21) “But MY HORN SHALT THOU EXALT LIKE THE HORN OF AN UNICORN: I SHALL BE ANOINTED WITH FRESH OIL.” (Psalm 92:10) “And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance…” (Isaiah 34:7-8)
2 Young Bullocks, 1 Ram, 7 Lambs…
“And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; TWO YOUNG BULLOCKS, and ONE RAM, SEVEN LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR WITHOUT SPOT…” (Num 28:11) “And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: SEVEN DAYS SHALL UNLEAVENED BREAD BE EATEN.” (Num 28:17) “But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; TWO YOUNG BULLOCKS, and ONE RAM, AND SEVEN LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR: they shall be unto you without blemish…” (Num 28:19) “And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram; A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: And ONE GOAT FOR A SIN OFFERING, TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR YOU.” (Num 28:20-22) “Offer these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering. In this way present the food offering every day for seven days as an aroma pleasing to the LORD; it is to be offered in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. ON THE SEVENTH DAY HOLD A SACRED ASSEMBLY and do no regular work.” (Num 28:23-25, NIV)
2 Young Bullocks, 1 Ram, 7 Male Lambs…
“On THE DAY OF FIRSTFRUITS, when you present to the LORD an offering of new grain during THE FESTIVAL OF WEEKS, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Present A BURNT OFFERING of TWO YOUNG BULLS, ONE RAM AND SEVEN MALE LAMBS A YEAR OLD as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths; and with each of the seven lambs,
one-tenth. Include one male goat to make atonement for you. Offer these together with their drink offerings, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. Be sure the animals are without defect.” (Num 28:26-31)
1 Young Bullock, 1 Ram, 7 Lambs…
“And in THE SEVENTH MONTH, ON THE FIRST DAY of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, AND SEVEN LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR WITHOUT BLEMISH” (Num 29:1-2) “And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs…” (Num 29:4)
“And ye shall have ON THE TENTH DAY OF THIS SEVENTH MONTH an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: But ye shall offer A BURNT OFFERING unto the LORD for a sweet savour; ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, ONE RAM, AND SEVEN LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR; THEY SHALL BE UNTO YOU WITHOUT BLEMISH” (Num 29:7-8) “And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.” (Num 29:9-11)
7 Bullocks, 2 Rams, 14 Lambs…
“And ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep A FEAST unto the LORD SEVEN DAYS…” (Num 29:12) “And ON THE SEVENTH DAY SEVEN BULLOCKS, TWO RAMS, AND FOURTEEN LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR WITHOUT BLEMISH…” (Num 29:32)
7 Bullocks, 7 Rams…
“And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that THEY OFFERED SEVEN BULLOCKS AND SEVEN RAMS.” (1 Chronicles 15:26)
“Therefore TAKE UNTO YOU NOW SEVEN BULLOCKS AND SEVEN RAMS, and GO TO MY SERVANT JOB, AND OFFER UP FOR YOURSELVES A BURNT OFFERING; AND MY SERVANT JOB SHALL PRAY FOR YOU: FOR HIM WILL I ACCEPT: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.” (Job 42:8)
12 Bullocks (ALL Israel), 96 Rams, 77 Lambs, 12 He Goats…
“Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, TWELVE BULLOCKS FOR ALL ISRAEL, NINETY AND SIX RAMS, SEVENTY AND SEVEN LAMBS, TWELVE HE GOATS FOR A SIN OFFERING: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.” (Ezra 8:35)
The Matter of Peor…
“Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. Now therefore KILL EVERY MALE AMONG THE LITTLE ONES, AND KILL EVERY WOMAN THAT HATH KNOWN MAN BY LYING WITH HIM. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, PURIFY BOTH YOURSELVES AND YOUR CAPTIVES ON THE THIRD DAY, AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY. And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.” (Num 31:16-20)
7 Nations
“When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, AND HATH CAST OUT MANY NATIONS BEFORE THEE, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, SEVEN NATIONS GREATER AND MIGHTIER THAN THOU…” (Deu 7:1)
A Release every 7 Years…
“At the end of EVERY SEVEN YEARS THOU SHALT MAKE A RELEASE.” (Deu 15:1) “Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, THE SEVENTH YEAR, THE YEAR OF RELEASE, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.” (Deu 15:9) “And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, AND SERVE THEE SIX YEARS; THEN IN THE SEVENTH YEAR THOU SHALT LET HIM GO FREE from thee.” (Deu 15:12)
“AT THE END OF SEVEN YEARS LET YE GO EVERY MAN HIS BROTHER an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and WHEN HE HATH SERVED THEE SIX YEARS, THOU SHALT LET HIM GO FREE from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.” (Jer 34:14)
“SEVEN WEEKS SHALT THOU NUMBER unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.” (Deu 16:9) “Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine…” (Deu 16:13)
“The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: THEY SHALL COME OUT AGAINST THEE ONE WAY, AND FLEE BEFORE THEE SEVEN WAYS.” (Deu 28:7)
Coming In and Going Out…
“But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: CURSED SHALT THOU BE IN THE CITY, AND CURSED SHALT THOU BE IN THE FIELD. CURSED SHALL BE THY BASKET AND THY STORE. CURSED SHALL BE THE FRUIT OF THY BODY, AND THE FRUIT OF THY LAND, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. CURSED SHALT THOU BE WHEN THOU COMEST IN, AND CURSED SHALT THOU BE WHEN THOU GOEST OUT. The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.” (Deu 28:15-20)
“But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God…” (Deu 28:15) “CURSED SHALT THOU BE WHEN THOU COMEST IN, AND CURSED SHALT THOU BE WHEN THOU GOEST OUT.” (Deu 28:19)
“The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with A FEVER, and with an INFLAMMATION, and with an EXTREME BURNING, AND WITH THE SWORD, AND WITH BLASTING, AND WITH MILDEW; AND THEY SHALL PURSUE THEE UNTIL THOU PERISH. And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: FROM HEAVEN SHALL IT COME DOWN UPON THEE, UNTIL THOU BE DESTROYED. The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: THOU SHALT GO OUT ONE WAY AGAINST THEM, AND FLEE SEVEN WAYS BEFORE THEM: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The LORD shall smite thee WITH MADNESS, AND BLINDNESS, AND ASTONISHMENT OF HEART: AND THOU SHALT GROPE AT NOONDAY, AS THE BLIND GROPETH IN DARKNESS, AND THOU SHALT NOT PROSPER IN THY WAYS: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.” (Deu 28:21-29)
“THOU SHALT BETROTH A WIFE, AND ANOTHER MAN SHALL LIE WITH HER: THOU SHALT BUILD AN HOUSE, AND THOU SHALT NOT DWELL THEREIN: THOU SHALT PLANT A VINEYARD, AND SHALT NOT GATHER THE GRAPES THEREOF. Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand. The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. The LORD shall smite thee IN THE KNEES, AND IN THE LEGS, WITH A SORE BOTCH THAT CANNOT BE HEALED, FROM THE SOLE OF THY FOOT UNTO THE TOP OF THY HEAD. The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a
nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. THOU SHALT CARRY MUCH SEED OUT INTO THE FIELD, AND SHALT GATHER BUT LITTLE IN; FOR THE LOCUST SHALL CONSUME IT. Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. ALL THY TREES AND FRUIT OF THY LAND SHALL THE LOCUST CONSUME. The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.” (Deu 28:30-44)
Seven (Hebrew: Shevah) – from the root Savah – to be full or satisfied, have enough of. Though undetermined, these 7 heads are 7 Kings, 7 lives, mountains - periods of time – of which we will ALL overcome… a perfect number to complete our imperfections…
“…TILL SEVEN PERIODS OF TIME PASS OVER…” (Dan 4:23)
“And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: THEY SHALL MAKE THEE TO EAT GRASS AS OXEN, and SEVEN TIMES SHALL PASS OVER thee, UNTIL THOU KNOW THAT THE MOST HIGH RULETH IN THE KINGDOM OF MEN, AND GIVETH IT TO WHOMSOEVER HE WILL.” (Dan 4:32)
“The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and HE WAS DRIVEN FROM MEN, AND DID EAT GRASS AS OXEN, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, TILL HIS HAIRS WERE GROWN LIKE EAGLES' FEATHERS, AND HIS NAILS LIKE BIRDS' CLAWS.” (Dan 4:33)
We will pay this price UNTIL we realize/acknowledge…
“And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: And ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH ARE REPUTED AS NOTHING: AND HE DOETH ACCORDING TO HIS WILL IN THE ARMY OF HEAVEN, AND AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH: AND NONE CAN STAY HIS HAND, or say unto him, What doest thou?” (Dan 4:34-35)
“At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still MORE GREATNESS WAS ADDED TO ME. NOW I, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, PRAISE AND EXTOL AND HONOR THE KING OF HEAVEN, FOR ALL HIS WORKS ARE RIGHT AND HIS WAYS ARE JUST; AND THOSE WHO WALK IN PRIDE HE IS ABLE TO HUMBLE.” (Dan 4:36-37, ESV)
