An Abbreviated List of Biblical Sevens

I have not included every instance of a collection of seven. I lumped multiple instances of the same collection together, such as various commands concerning Unleavened Bread or Sukkot. I also ignored historical statements that didn't seem to put any special emphasis on "7", such as "in the seventh year of the reign of so-and-so." Feel free to let me know if I missed any.


  • 7 daughters of Jethro
  • 7 days of Creation
  • 7 clean animals on Noah’s Ark
  • 7 congregations of Revelation
  • 7 women of Isaiah
  • 7 spirits of God
  • 7 lamps of the Menorah
  • 7 days of Unleavened Bread
  • 7 days of Sukkot
  • 7 days of Miriam’s shame
  • 7 days of uncleanness for women and lepers
  • 7 sprinkles from the red heifer
  • 7 animals offered at various times
  • 7 weeks of Shavuot
  • 7th month, 1st day is Yom Teruah
  • 7th year release
  • 7th day Sabbath
  • 7 years of oppression under Midian
  • 7 years of rule by Ibzan
  • 7 months with the Ark in Philistia
  • 7 trumpeters with the Ark
  • 7-fold light of the sun (Isa 30:26)
  • 7 children of one mother (Jer 15:9) 
  • 7 years burning weapons (Eze 39:9)
  • 7 months burying the dead (Eze 39:12)
  • 7 steps and cubits of Ezekiel’s Temple
  • 7 weeks of Daniel
  • 7 shepherds of Micah (Mic 5:5)
  • 7 eyes of God (Zec 4:10)
  • 7th day sin offerings (Eze 45:20)
  • 7 husbands of the Sadducean widow.