Monday, April 6, 2015

Fifty - Leviticus 24-25

This particular number is interesting to me because.....I'm 50!!!

Lev 25:10  And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

Fifty means?

H2572 - Multiple of H2568; fifty.
  • H2568 - A primitive numeral; five.
G4004 - Multiplicative of G4002; fifty.
  • G4002 - A primary number; “five".
Not much difference between the Hebrew and the Greek.

Used where in Scripture?  Heh, the word 'fifty' is used 157 times in 138 verses.

The first usage is in Genesis 6:15, regarding the ark:

Gen 6:15  And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.


I had heard certain trees or plants didn't 'bear' until they were fifty, when I went looking I came across a site BA50 - Better After Fifty...specifically my search words blooming after 50 and this article came up:  Love Blooms When You Take a Chance

What I was really looking for was this: How Long Does A New Palm Tree Take to Bloom

As a newly single mom, I'd attended some retreats hosted by Palm Tree Single Moms.  The founder had mentioned some palms take 50 years to bloom and it stayed with me.  Our society loves to champion youth, youthful looks, body, face, etc.

If you're not slim, trim and taunt, well, what worth are you?  Each season of life has positives and negatives.  Why aren't those who are older, learned, experienced seen as such?  Off with the old, on with the new.

Before the proclamation of the fifteth year, we have the trumpet of the jubile:

Lev 25:9  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.


Jubile - H8643 - From H7321; clamor, that is, acclamation of joy or a battle cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarum.


Alarum?  Archaic term for alarm.  I wonder if that's a valid scrabble word?


H8643 - Used 36 times in 33 verses.

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