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What Does the Number 10 Mean in the Bible?
10 = the full cycle of order — the whole law held in one figure. Ten is completeness arrived at in the outer life, every finger of your two hands. Not a count of rules.
How it shows up in the Bible
Ten commandments, ten plagues, ten talents, a tenth given back. Ten is where a cycle of instruction finishes and a person has been told everything they need. The parable of the ten virgins is not about a number of women; it is about a whole set of thoughts, half of which were never given any oil.
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