Scripture obviously sometimes puts emphasis on numbers as to imply a significance or meaning to them.
A good example is the genealogy of CHrist in
Matthew. After the author goes through the ancestors of Jesus back to Abraham he writes this summary:
Matthew 1:17
"Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations;
and from David to the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations;
and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations."
So some of us Christians that is noteworthy - three sections of fourteen generations each = forty two generations.
Forty two is a number meaning rest after trial. This is like forty two stations before Israel entered into Canaan, I think.
The three blind mice here Ghost, FMF, and Divegeester see nothing in it.
Another place in Scripture, I pointed out before (this is repeat stuff now), occurs when Jesus implied significance to the numbers associated with two miracles He performed.
And Jesus knowing it says to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart hardened?
Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?
They said to Him, Twelve.
And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets filled with broken pieces did you take up?
And they said, Seven.
And He said to them, Do you not yet understand? (Mark 8:17-21)
So while the three blind mice here, Ghost, Divegeester, and FMF unite to poo-poo the belief of some Christians that numbers in Scripture carry significance, out of the mouth of Word Himself, we have good reason to believe so.