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Lucky number 7 has many connections and representations and has been significant in ancient times and today. In numerology, the union of number 4 (physical or body) with number 3 (spiritual or soul) is particularily interesting when considering number 7. It was considered important in the wizarding world as well as religiously. In the New Testament the number seven symbolizes the unity of the four corners of the Earth with the Holy Trinity.

In Hebrew, the one number that is spiritually significant in the Torah is the number 7. She’vah, which is also the word for “oath”, relates the idea of spiritual submission to God’s will, even though the number is associated with luck. Our short term memory can retain 7 numbers adequately.

The number 7 also indicates completion. In Leviticus 23, God ordains the 7 Holy seasons that the Israelites are to keep and observe. (70 days) God also created the earth in 7 days. There are 7 days in a week and 52 days, or (5+2=7) a year and 7 years in a Jubilee.

The number 7 also represents Judgement. It’is something no one these days really wants to talk about and yet in the book of Joshua, God commanded Joshua to march around the walls of Jericho once, every day for six days and then 7 times on the 7th day. The city was to be attacked using this strategy. Seven priests were instructed to blow the trumpets and as they marched with the Ark of the Covenant in front of them and all the people behind the Ark of the Covenant, the walls fell.

There are countless references to the number 7 in the bible. Jesus even mentions the number 7 in Matthew 12:45 when refering to evil spirits: “Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”

And so, the next time you see a number 7, be reminded of She ‘vah and submitting to God’s will; not just the lucky digit.