The number 5
Grace, God's goodness, divine favor
Five represents God's grace and goodness toward humanity. The Pentateuch (five books of Moses) contains God's law and grace. David chose five smooth stones; there are five offerings in Leviticus.
In Hebrew and Greek
Hebrew
Chamesh (חָמֵשׁ) - five
Greek
Pente (πέντε) - five
First occurrence
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
The pattern in Scripture
- Five books of Moses (Torah)
- Five smooth stones (1 Sam 17:40)
- Five Levitical offerings
- Five loaves fed 5000
- Five wise virgins (Matt 25)
Key verses
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
5:5 verses
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burd...
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath ...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
(I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid...