29: The Importance of Numbers in the Bible

Twenty-nine, the tenth prime number, is, as we know, the number of days in February each leap year. It is the total number of years that Saturn takes to orbit the sun and is the rough number of days in a lunar month. 
 
The atomic number of copper is twenty-nine. Did you know, 60% of our copper consumption is in the form of electrical wiring? Twenty per cent is used in plumbing and a further 15% in industrial machinery. 
 
There are twenty-nine letters in the Turkish and Finnish alphabets and the Phoenicians had twenty-nine cuneiform signs. This was a form of primitive alphabet that relied on symbols rather than letters. 
 
According to Raymond Abellio (1907-1986), a French writer, the number twenty-nine represents the “christico-terrestrial” life, i.e. Jesus’ life on Earth. It is also said to represent solidarity in conflict. 
 
The number twenty-nine has been used eight times in scripture. They are as follows:

• Genesis 11:24 (NIV): When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
• Exodus 38:24 (NIV): The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels,according to the sanctuary shekel.
• Joshua 15:32 (NIV): Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon—a total of twenty-nine towns and their villages.
• 2 Kings 14:2 (NIV): He [Amaziah] was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
• 2 Kings 18:2 (NIV): He [Hezekiah] was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.
• 2 Chronicles 25:1 (NIV): Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. 
• 2 Chronicles 29:1 (NIV): Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.
• Ezra 1:9 (KJV): And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, twenty-nine knives

 
As you can see, none of these verses refers to Jesus; therefore, it is uncertain where Abellio got his idea!
 
Apparently, the number 3000 is used twenty-nine times in the Bible as is the word “universe”. The name Jacob is referenced in twenty-nine different books of the Bible. Finally, the word “Passover” is used twenty-nine times in the New Testament.