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Two Hundred
Twenty is the number of expectancy as we have seen. Here we have it tenfold (20x10).
The significance of this number is suggested by John 6:7, where we read, "Two Hundred pennyworth of bread is NOT SUFFICIENT for them."
And so we find this number stamping various things with insufficiency.
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Achan's 200 shekels were "not sufficient" to save him from the consequences of his sin (Josh 7:21). This shows us the insufficiency of money
(Psa 49:7-9).
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Absalom's 200 shekels weight of hair were "not sufficient" to save him, but rather caused his destruction (2 Sam 14:26, 18:9). This shows us the
insufficiency of beauty.
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Micah's graven image was purchased for 200 shekels (Judg 17:4 and 18), and led to the introduction of idolatry into Israel and the blotting out of the
Tribes of Dan and Ephraim from the blessing of Revelation 7, showing us the insufficiency of mere religion.
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Ezra's 200 "singing men and women" (Ezra 2:65), were "not sufficient" to produce "peace with God," true spiritual worship, or joy in the
Lord. Only God's word rightly ministered can lead to this (Neh 8:5-9). This shows the insufficiency of external things in the worship of God, and the impossibility of worshipping God
with the senses. True worship, which alone God will accept, "MUST" (John 4:24) be spiritual.
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