The number 30 in the Bible — The Cost · Sacrifice
שְׁלֹשִׁים
Thirty is the age of entering costly service and the price at which service is valued: priests began at thirty, Joseph stood before Pharaoh at thirty, David became king at thirty, Yeshua's ministry opened at about thirty. And thirty pieces of silver is Scripture's bitter price-tag — the value of a gored servant, the wage weighed for the Shepherd in Zechariah, the sum counted to Judas. Thirty days of mourning honored Moses and Aaron. Lamed, the tallest letter, is the teacher's staff — leadership assumed, and paid for.
Where 30 shapes the story
Luke 3:23 — Yeshua begins at about thirty
Zech 11:12-13 — Thirty pieces — 'a goodly price I was priced at'
Matt 26:15 — Thirty pieces of silver
Num 4:3 — Priestly service from age thirty
Gen 41:46 — Joseph before Pharaoh at thirty
Associations
The price of the ShepherdEntering costly serviceShloshim — the thirty days of mourning
Occurrences
Gen 5:3Gen 5:5Gen 5:16Gen 6:15Gen 11:14Gen 11:17Gen 11:18Gen 11:22Gen 18:30Gen 32:15Gen 41:46Gen 47:9Exod 12:40Exod 12:41Exod 21:32Exod 26:8Exod 36:15Exod 38:24Lev 27:4Num 4:3Num 4:23Num 4:30Num 4:35Num 4:39Num 4:40Num 4:43Num 4:47Num 7:13Num 7:19Num 7:25Num 7:31Num 7:37Num 7:43Num 7:49Num 7:55Num 7:61Num 7:67Num 7:73Num 7:79Num 7:85Num 20:29Num 26:7Num 26:51Num 31:39Num 31:45Deut 34:8Josh 8:3Judg 10:4Judg 12:9Judg 12:14Judg 14:11Judg 14:12Judg 14:13Judg 14:19Judg 20:31Judg 20:391Sam 4:101Sam 9:221Sam 11:81Sam 13:1+51 more in the app