The number 15
Rest, deliverance, stepping stone to freedom
Fifteen signifies rest that comes after deliverance. The Feast of Unleavened Bread began on the 15th of Nisan, the day after Passover. It is 3x5, combining divine completeness with grace.
In Hebrew and Greek
Hebrew
Chamishah asar (חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר) - fifteen
Greek
Dekapente (δεκαπέντε) - fifteen
First occurrence
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
The pattern in Scripture
- Feast of Unleavened Bread on 15th
- Feast of Tabernacles on 15th (Lev 23:34)
- Hezekiah given 15 more years (2 Kings 20:6)
Key verses
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fift...
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto ...
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets...
15:15 verses
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them;...
And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and...
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth w...
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed...