The number 490 in the Bible — Seventy Sevens · Forgiveness Beyond Counting

אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וְתִשְׁעִים

arba me'ot v'tish'im · Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα ἑπτάκις — hebdomēkonta heptakis (seventy times seven)

Daniel's seventy sevens — 490 — is the timetable 'to finish transgression and to atone for iniquity.' When Peter proposed forgiving seven times, Yeshua answered seventy times seven: forgive, many hear, to the full measure of the atonement timetable — without ledger.

Where 490 shapes the story

Dan 9:24 — Seventy sevens decreed

Matt 18:22 — 'Seventy times seven'

Associations

The atonement timetableForgiveness past arithmetic

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