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On The Mystic Numbers, 9 And 15.
ON THE MYSTIC NUMBERS , 9 AND 15 .
BY BROTHER GEORGE AARONS .
KING David remarks in the hundred and eighteenth Psalm , ver . 17 th , i T TWyni " iBDKi' rrnt * ^ niDX iO , which is translated in the English Bibles , " I shall not die ,. but live , to declare the works of the Lord . " Now it cannot be supposed when David wrote this passage , that he would resist , or be exempt from the common lot of all men ; we must therefore presume his meaning to be , "let me not die , but live , and I will declare or tell the works of the Lord . " This seems the more
probable , as in the original we find in this verse the word ~ ) 3 D " Sapper , " literally , " to tell or declare , " whence the noun Misper , liDDD- There is no doubt David intended to show by numbers the connexion between the Most High and his works , and thus to call the attention of his brethren , and people , as well as a memorial to himself , of the goodness of the Almighty to man . Taking this view of the subject , I have thrown together the following
remarks as they have occurred to me , and now offer them to the reader , merely premising , for the information of those who are unacquainted with the fact , that most of the Hebrew characters have a numeral value . It is very remarkable that the word in the above passage translated " Lord , " is in the Hebrew TV " Iah , ' and that the value of the characters of which the word is formed is 15 , and it is true , that taking any of the names or attributes of the Deity , the Hebrew characters denoting those names , may all be reduced to either the number 9 or 15 . The former being the seal of Truth JHDH , and the latter the number of the
Deity , and by these two numbers the whole of our time is regulated . Thus , if we observe , the hammer of a clock will strike 78 in 12 hours , the numerals 7 and 8 added , make fifteen . In the first minute of life we have sixty seconds , in which we discover 4 times 15 , the number 4 being also symbolical . In the first \ of an hour we have 15 minutes , in the natural day we have 24 hours , which being once 9 the seal of Truth , and once 15 the number of the Deity , seems intended to remind us of
the faith we ought to exercise in his unbounded goodness . Proceeding onwards we find in three days , 72 hours , again 7 + 2 = 9 on the 4 th clay we have 96 hours , 9- | -6 = 15 ; the 6 th day , 144 hours , which numerals added , g ive 9 ; the 7 th day shows 16 S hours during the week , 168 added , give 15 . 1 think , taking various passages ofthe Psalms into consideration , there is no doubt , when David said let me not die , but live , to tell the works
of the Lord , he meant to pen them in such characters , that if counted , they might easily be referred to the Great Architect of tbe Universe as their author . To illustrate my meaning , I shall select one or two passages , which seem to prove the position 1 have taken in a rather singular manner . In the 139 th Psalm , 12 th ver ., he says "The darkness hitleth not
from thee , the night shincth as the day . " The darkness " ]\ vr \ il and light Ti ^ are both alike to thee ; thus the numeral value of the word "i ^ nn the darkness , is 333 = 9 , ancl light " 11 K , is 207 = 9 . Again , in the 85 th Psalm , ver . 10 , he says " mercy ~* Dn and truth have met together ; " and it will be found that the word "Dn mercy is 72 = 9 , and truth J 1 DK is 441 = 9 .
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On The Mystic Numbers, 9 And 15.
ON THE MYSTIC NUMBERS , 9 AND 15 .
BY BROTHER GEORGE AARONS .
KING David remarks in the hundred and eighteenth Psalm , ver . 17 th , i T TWyni " iBDKi' rrnt * ^ niDX iO , which is translated in the English Bibles , " I shall not die ,. but live , to declare the works of the Lord . " Now it cannot be supposed when David wrote this passage , that he would resist , or be exempt from the common lot of all men ; we must therefore presume his meaning to be , "let me not die , but live , and I will declare or tell the works of the Lord . " This seems the more
probable , as in the original we find in this verse the word ~ ) 3 D " Sapper , " literally , " to tell or declare , " whence the noun Misper , liDDD- There is no doubt David intended to show by numbers the connexion between the Most High and his works , and thus to call the attention of his brethren , and people , as well as a memorial to himself , of the goodness of the Almighty to man . Taking this view of the subject , I have thrown together the following
remarks as they have occurred to me , and now offer them to the reader , merely premising , for the information of those who are unacquainted with the fact , that most of the Hebrew characters have a numeral value . It is very remarkable that the word in the above passage translated " Lord , " is in the Hebrew TV " Iah , ' and that the value of the characters of which the word is formed is 15 , and it is true , that taking any of the names or attributes of the Deity , the Hebrew characters denoting those names , may all be reduced to either the number 9 or 15 . The former being the seal of Truth JHDH , and the latter the number of the
Deity , and by these two numbers the whole of our time is regulated . Thus , if we observe , the hammer of a clock will strike 78 in 12 hours , the numerals 7 and 8 added , make fifteen . In the first minute of life we have sixty seconds , in which we discover 4 times 15 , the number 4 being also symbolical . In the first \ of an hour we have 15 minutes , in the natural day we have 24 hours , which being once 9 the seal of Truth , and once 15 the number of the Deity , seems intended to remind us of
the faith we ought to exercise in his unbounded goodness . Proceeding onwards we find in three days , 72 hours , again 7 + 2 = 9 on the 4 th clay we have 96 hours , 9- | -6 = 15 ; the 6 th day , 144 hours , which numerals added , g ive 9 ; the 7 th day shows 16 S hours during the week , 168 added , give 15 . 1 think , taking various passages ofthe Psalms into consideration , there is no doubt , when David said let me not die , but live , to tell the works
of the Lord , he meant to pen them in such characters , that if counted , they might easily be referred to the Great Architect of tbe Universe as their author . To illustrate my meaning , I shall select one or two passages , which seem to prove the position 1 have taken in a rather singular manner . In the 139 th Psalm , 12 th ver ., he says "The darkness hitleth not
from thee , the night shincth as the day . " The darkness " ]\ vr \ il and light Ti ^ are both alike to thee ; thus the numeral value of the word "i ^ nn the darkness , is 333 = 9 , ancl light " 11 K , is 207 = 9 . Again , in the 85 th Psalm , ver . 10 , he says " mercy ~* Dn and truth have met together ; " and it will be found that the word "Dn mercy is 72 = 9 , and truth J 1 DK is 441 = 9 .