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18 Bible Verses for a Birthday, Sorted by Who the Card Is For

Christian Pure Team

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Summary

  • Two birthday feasts are named outright in the Bible, Pharaoh’s and Herod’s, and a man dies at each; Scripture neither commands the day nor forbids it.
  • Numbers 6:24-26 is the oldest known copy of any biblical text, inscribed on two small silver scrolls found in a burial cave outside Jerusalem and dated to around 600 BC.
  • Jeremiah 29:11 was written to exiles who had been told the return was seventy years away (Jeremiah 29:10).
  • Lamentations 3:22-23 was written after the destruction of Jerusalem, which makes it a fitting verse for someone having a hard year.
  • Psalm 90:12, rarely included in these lists, asks God to “teach us to number our days.”

The Bible neither commands nor forbids birthday celebrations, but it has a great deal to say about the days of a life as God’s gift. Two birthday feasts are named outright, Pharaoh’s (Genesis 40:20) and Herod’s (Mark 6:21), and a man dies at each; the NIV also reads Job 1:4 as feasts Job’s children held on their birthdays. None of these stories is a rule about the day. The eighteen verses below are sorted by who the card or blessing…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

The two birthday feasts are at Genesis 40:20-22 and Mark 6:21-28.

The silver scrolls carrying the priestly blessing were excavated at Ketef Hinnom, outside Jerusalem, and are dated to the late seventh or early sixth century BC.

The instruction to build houses in Babylon, two verses before the promise, is at Jeremiah 29:4-10.

The request to number our days is at Psalm 90:12, in a psalm attributed to Moses.

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