'Three' in the Bible

The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.

They will pay heed to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He commands us.”

So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

If he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.

Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.

Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.

Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bulb and a flower—so for six branches going out from the lampstand;

“And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets.

And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets.

So the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day.

Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God.

There were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it;

three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide, square, and three cubits high.

The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets,

and so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.