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It is hard to say the number 149 represents anything in The Bible at all. There are certainly two numbers in the Bible with mystical meaning - 7 (and its multiple 14) and 17. The number 12, corresponding to the number of constellations, is also an important biblical number. Multiples of the number 20, particularly 40, were used in stories about the legendary period, down to the reign of King Solomon, because they are easy to remember and this assisted the tradents who passed down the stories on which the books of the Old Testament were based.

We should not for a moment think that the biblical authors saw meaning in all numbers, but modern readers choose look for meanings when none exists. There are real instances where the biblical authors did use numerology and play with numbers in the Bible, but this is not one of them.

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