{"id":11557,"date":"2024-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11557"},"modified":"2026-11-02T10:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T10:49:52","slug":"biblical-meaning-number-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/biblical-meaning-number-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Heeft het getal 44 een betekenis in de Bijbel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No. The Bible never gives 44 a meaning, and the number never stands on its own in Scripture. It turns up once, inside a larger total: the 44,760 fighting men of Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh in 1 Chronicles 5:18. The spiritual meanings people attach to 44 come from modern numerology. That one verse is worth reading slowly, because it shows what the Chronicler did care about. He counts the soldiers, and two verses later he tells us why\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. Scripture gives 44 no symbolic meaning. The number appears only once, in the total of 44,760 soldiers in 1 Chronicles 5:18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-11557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114534,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/biblical-meaning-number-12\/","url_meta":{"origin":11557,"position":0},"title":"What Does 12 Mean in the Bible? 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