Bible Numbers — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on bible numbers, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Genesis 2:2 (KJV)
How many days did God take to create the world?
Answer: Six
Study note. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Lesson 2 · Genesis 2:2 (KJV)
What number is often associated with completeness and rest in Scripture?
Answer: Seven
Study note. The number seven appears throughout Scripture — seven days of creation, seven seals, seven trumpets, seven churches.
Lesson 3 · Mark 3:14 (KJV)
How many disciples did Jesus choose as apostles?
Answer: Twelve
Study note. And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach.
Lesson 4 · Genesis 7:12 (KJV)
How many days and nights did it rain during Noah's Flood?
Answer: Forty
Study note. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Lesson 5 · Numbers 14:33 (KJV)
How many years did Israel wander in the wilderness?
Answer: Forty
Study note. Your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms.
Lesson 6 · Revelation 13:18 (KJV)
What is the number of the beast in Revelation?
Answer: 666
Study note. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Lesson 7
How many books are in the Protestant Bible?
Answer: Sixty-six
Study note. The Bible contains 66 books — 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
Lesson 8 · John 21:11 (KJV)
How many fish did the disciples catch after Jesus' resurrection?
Answer: One hundred and fifty-three
Study note. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
Lesson 9 · Matthew 12:40 (KJV)
How many days was Jesus in the tomb before His resurrection?
Answer: Three
Study note. For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Lesson 10 · Exodus 34:28 (KJV)
How many commandments did God give Moses on the stone tablets?
Answer: Ten
Study note. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does bible numbers point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?