{"id":22126,"date":"2025-02-01T01:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T01:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=22126"},"modified":"2026-09-19T21:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T21:41:45","slug":"does-the-number-28-appear-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/does-the-number-28-appear-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"28 heeft geen betekenis in de Bijbel \u2014 Het meet de gordijnen van de tabernakel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>28 has no symbolic meaning in Scripture. Where it does appear, most memorably, is as a measurement \u2014 the length of each curtain of the tabernacle. Which opens onto something more interesting than the number. The curtains All the curtains are to be the same size \u2014 twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. (Exodus 26:2) The instruction is repeated when the work is carried out (Exodus 36:9), because Exodus describes the tabernacle twice: once as God gives the specification,\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>Twenty-eight has no meaning in Scripture. It measures the tabernacle curtains, in an account longer than the creation of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[223],"class_list":["post-22126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-biblical-numerology"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109654,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/tabernacle-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":22126,"position":0},"title":"What Was the Tabernacle in the Bible? 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