Sixty years: a diamond anniversary. Unlike the previous nine numbers, the number sixty appears multiple times in the Bible. It also appears numerous times in everyday life: sixty seconds in a minute, sixty minutes in an hour. It is the atomic number of neodymium, which can be found in some magnets, loudspeakers and electric cars.
There are sixty marbles used in a game of Chinese chequers. In darts, sixty is the highest score that can be scored with a single dart. In old literature, sixty was sometimes called “three score” because it was three times twenty (a score). The Babylonians had a number system with a base of sixty, which is known as sexagesimal. In some cultures, sixty is considered to be the age in which someone becomes a senior citizen. In Buddhism, Buddha had sixty disciples. The number sixty appears approximately thirty-two times in the Bible. Occasionally, a particular instance is repeated in different books. Take, for example, Deuteronomy 3:4, which says:
Here’s another example:
The measurements of Solomon’s temple are mentioned in both 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles:
In the book of Ezra, temple measurements are also given:
Other measurements of sixty cubits include:
A handful of people have been quoted as being sixty years old at the times of certain events:
Let’s take a look at some more examples of the number sixty in the Old Testament:
I have mentioned a couple of New Testament verses above already but I have a few more to share with you. Both Matthew and Mark write about the parable of the sower, therefore, the same information is repeated, including two mentions of the number sixty.
So, does the number sixty mean anything in scripture? The French psychoanalyst René Allendy believed it represented the global karma of the world. The German philosopher Jakob Böhme called this number “the earth”. There is, however, no obvious answer based on the examples above. I leave you with the knowledge that the word “Sabbath” is used sixty times in the New Testament.
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Nominki
5/28/2021 08:06:59 pm
Wow I have learn a lot of meaning of number 60 in Bible. I was going to be an Mc of 60th birthday so I wanted to share to the people importance of number in Kingdom of God. May God help me to go or dig deep information for knowledge
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Angelia
8/22/2021 09:45:34 am
Amen! I just turned 60 and was looking for meaning as well.
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4/29/2022 10:46:04 pm
The Hebrew letter Samech has a value of 60. It carrie’s the meaning of “a circle, equality, to lean upon, support.” The sign of the Gemini Twins is represented by this letter, which in turn relates to the Jews and Gentiles being united together. The first “twins” mentioned in the Bible are Jacob and Esau. Two manner of people who were to be separated. Isaac was 60 years older when the twins were born.
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Victor Manuel
6/16/2021 06:46:08 pm
That is so interesting how number 60 is encoded in many passages and major events in the Bible. Did not think 60 was a major number in significance to Biblical numbers.
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Rajan
1/17/2022 11:59:10 pm
So much to learn from the Word of God. Thank you for this article
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mrs r adewunmi
3/22/2022 12:08:21 am
Thanks for information, l really enjoyed that Sabbath is recorded 60 time in the
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