| Numbers in Scripture: #6 |
| This number is indicative of incompleteness and imperfection, being one short of God’s perfect number seven. Here are some examples: |
| Solomon had six steps to his throne. “Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. The throne had six steps” (1 Kings 10:18-19). However, it was not elevated enough to save him from idolatry. |
| Six hundred sixty and six talents of gold were brought him in a year. “Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold” (1 Kings 10:14). Still, he had to confess that all was vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| The Jews at Cana had six water-pots for purification. “There were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece” (John 2:6). Yet they expressed the insufficiency of ordinances to meet man’s need. |
| The number of the beast will be six hundred sixty and six. “Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six” (Revelation 13:18). |
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