Commentary

 

Twelve and twenty-four

By New Christian Bible Study Staff

'Twelve' and 'twenty-four' signify "all" or "everything", and refer to truths.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 253; Arcana Coelestia 1925)

The Bible

 

Genesis 17:23

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23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.