Fun With Bible Numbers - Katheryn Haddad Maddox

FAMILY TIME: Did you know Abraham was 150 years old when Shem, Noah’s son, died? Esther was Queen of the Persian Empire when Nehemiah was there? Paul traveled nearly 4000 miles on his second missionary trip?  CHURCH BULLETINS: Did you know the Israelites entered Egypt 10 years after Isaac died? Jews paid nearly half their yearly wages to redeem their first-born? The ungrateful servant of Jesus’ parable owed millions of dollars?  DEVOTIONALS: Did you know the angel wings over the Ark of the Covenant in Solomon’s temple were 15 feet across? Jesus was 18 years old when Jarius’ daughter was born? The hailstones that fell in Revelation weighed 100 pounds each?GIFTS: Did you know Jacob and Esau were 15 years old when grandfather Abraham died? Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold covered the temple’s Most Holy Place? The good Samaritan paid the innkeeper about $4 to keep the injured man?  ADULT GAMES: Did you know Solomon’s yearly income was around a trillion dollars US currency in 2015? Jesus walked on water nearly 3 miles to reach his disciples’ boat? Taken literally, heaven is 7,272,000 feet high?  ATTENTION GETTERS: Did you know the population of Jerusalem in Nehemiah’s time was nearly 50,000? If the apostles were the only ones baptizing the 3,000 people on the Day of Pentecost, they had to baptize 1 every 2 minutes for 10 hours?