What Are the Sacred or, Symbolical Numbers?

       There are certain numbers employed in Scripture that are known as sacred or symbolical numbers. Among these are:

• seven (perfection), as the triune symbol of deity and the four quarters of the earth
• forty, a "round number," signifying duration, distance, quantity
• ten (completeness); five, as used in offerings etc.
• four, related to the quarters of the globe, the shape of the holy of holies in the temple, etc.
• three, symbol of supreme divinity
• twelve, which derives its significance from the twelve tribes and which has been called the "square number," the "zodiacal number," the "apostolic number." 12x12 means, symbolically, fixity and completeness, and taken a thousand-fold, it gives the grand multiple of 144,000 (otherwise a countless multitude)
• one thousand symbolizing the world wholly pervaded by the divine - a world redeemed