What does the number 8 signify in Scripture?
The number 8 in Scripture signifies new beginnings or something that goes beyond the finish. It follows 7, which is God's number of completion, so an eighth thing points to a new start or a reality beyond the completed work.
Les explains that in the numerology of Scripture, 7 is always God's number of completion. When you follow that with an 8th of whatever it is, that's always new beginnings or something that goes beyond the finish. He points out that in Romans 9:4, Paul unloads 8 distinctive statements, and this pattern of 7 things but also an 8th one has been with us all the way through Scripture. Les notes that Paul did not sit and meditate for hours to find 7 things and then come up with an 8th; he penned as the Holy Spirit gave him utterance, and we can look at it and say it is miraculous.