The Bible’s Number 15 — being instructed in God’s ways – statutes/covenants, blessings/curses
Number 15 is about god and others making known to us–telling–instructing–commanding God’s will for our lives. Fifteen can be associated in a negative way referring to those who declare or instruct falsely about God’s ways. In some cases we find examples of those going against God’s instructions or following them. Below are some hyper 15 verse examples:
• Lev 15:15 … So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD…
• Num 15:15 …there shall be one statute for you and for the alien who sojourns with you…
• Deu 15:15 …You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt…
• 1Sam 15:15 …the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen…but the rest we have utterly destroyed.”
• 2Sam 15:15 …your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
• 2Kin 15:15 …the rest of the acts of Shallum… are written in the Book of the Chronicles…
• 1Chr 15:15 The sons of the Levites carried the ark…according to the word of the LORD.
• Matt 15:15 Peter said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.”
• John 15:15 …all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
• Act 15:15 With this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written,
• Rom 15:15 But I have written very boldly to you…
• 1Cor 15:15 …Moreover we are even found {to be} false witnesses of God…
To further confirm this definition we find 15 “God said” statements in the Bible. In these 15 statements God is instructing us through his word that tells us 15 times when he actually spoke declaring or giving us instruction:
• Gen 1:3 Then God said, “Let there be light”
• Gen 1:6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters…”
• Gen 1:9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place”
• Gen 1:11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation…
• Gen 1:14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens..
• Gen 1:20 Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly…”
• Gen 1:24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind…
• Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image… Gen 1:29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed…it shall be food for you;
• Gen 6:13 Then God said, “The end of all flesh has come before Me…I am about to destroy them…
• Gen 17:15 Then God said, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah {shall be} her name.
• Gen 20:6 Then God said “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart…I also kept you from sinning against Me…
• Gen 35:1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and live there…
• Exo 34:10 Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant…I will perform miracles…
• Jonah 4:9 Then God said, “Do you have good reason to be angry…