Hello there,
Seeking to familiarize myself with the forum, I stumbled on this strange little thread on the number 11.
It caught my eye, because for a long while a family member found himself looking at the clock at 11:11, either am or pm: and because it happened so often it became a family joke.
However, in the light of the entries in this thread, I looked at a book I possess on number in Scripture, by Dr E.W. Bullinger, and to the chapter concerning the number eleven, and found the following notes which may be of interest to you (quote):-
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'If ten is the number which marks the perfection of Divine order, then eleven is an addition to it, subversive of and undoing that order. If twelve is the number which marks the perfection of Divine government, then eleven falls short of it. So that whether we regard it as being 10+1 , or 12-1, it is the number which marks disorder, disorganization, imperfection, and disintegration.
There is not much concerning it in the Word of God, but what there is is significant, especially as a factor ... ... ... .
The Dukes of Edom - were eleven in number (Gen. 36:40-43), and Edom, though closely related to Israel, was different from it in order and government, while the bitterest hatred existed between them.
The Eleven Sons of Jacob - told of the disintegration and disorganization in Jacob's family, which made it possible for it to be said, 'one is not.' (Gen. 42:13, 32)
From Horeb to Kadesh Barnea - was a journey of eleven days (Deut. 1:2). One more day would have carried them to the complete administration of all those wonderful laws which God had given them.
Eli, Hophni, and Phinehas - gave for their gematria the number 462, the factors of which are 11 and 42; both significant of the disorder in Eli's house and of disintegration in Israel. (1 Sam. 1:3; 2:34; 4:4,11,17)
Jehoiakim Reigned Eleven Years - when Nebuchadnezzar came up and began his disintegrating work on Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:36; 24:1; and 2 Chron. 36:5,6)
Zedekiah Reigned Eleven Years - when Nebuchadnezzar completed the work by putting an end to Israel's rule in Jerusalem (2 Chron. 36:11; Jer. 52:1), for 'in the eleventh year the city was broken up' (Jer. 39:2).
The Eleventh Year - In which Ezekiel prophesied against Tyre (Ezek. 31:1), and against Egypt (30:20 and 31:1) was the eleventh year of Zedekekiah, in which Jerusalem was broken up. And the threefold repetition of it is to impress us with the fact that Tyre and Egypt should be broken up, as Jerusalem had been.
The Eleven Apostles - witness of disintegration even amongst the Twelve (Acts 2:14 etc.,); while -
The Eleventh Hour - (Matt. 20:6,9) is proverbial as being contrary alike both to what is right in order and arrangement.
The Life of our Lord on Earth - was about 33 years (3x11), and then He was 'cut off', and 'we see not yet all things put under Him.' (Dan 9:26; Heb.11:8).
Eleven Hundred - occurs only twice, both referring to days of defective administration, marked by the fact that there was 'no king':-
(1) Judg. 16:5, the Philistine bribe which deprived Israel of their mighty judge and deliverer, Samson.
(2) Judg. 17:2, etc., connected with the introduction of idolatry into Israel, which brought with it trouble and disintegration; and in the end caused the ruin and loss of all government.
* Dan and Ephraim were the two offending tribes, for Micah, who made the image with the eleven hundred shekels, was an Ephraimite, and the tribe that stole it and his priest was the tribe of Dan. Both are omitted from the tribes in Rev. 7., according to the declaration of Jehovah in Deut 29:18-20, that the 'man, woman, family, or tribe' which should introduce idolatry into Israel, 'the Lord shall blot out his name.'
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* The Word of God the Holy Spirit, used in Scripture, should not be either misused, or dismissed lightly as of no account. Every word is important.
Praise God!
In Christ Jesus
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