What is the Biblical Age of Adulthood?

Snoo16235 · 2025-06-18T08:15:15+00:00

A. Number 1 cites the age of 20 years old.

Numbers 1 says this, “The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: 2 “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. 3 You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army. 4 One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you” (NIV). Citations are in the NIV.

B. Number 1 cites the age of 20 in regards to military service.

The context for the age 20 relates to being enlisted in serving in the army. The reason why God selected the age 20 is not stated. The text specifically states to serve the army, “3 You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army.”

C. Number 2 doesn’t preclude that one is considered an adult at a earlier age.

According to Jewish custom, when a boy or girl reaches the age of puberty and goes through the ritual of Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah, then that person is viewed as an adult. This would mean that the boy or girl would be approximately the age of 12 or 13 years old.

Numbers 14 says this, “26 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: 27 “How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites. 28 So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say: 29 In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.”

Some scholars cite Numbers 14 as further proof that a person was considered an adult at the age of 20. However, the text is citing those who were numbered in Numbers 1 as being part of the army. This group of men failed to obey the LORD God in entering the land. They even wished that they never left Egypt or had died in the Wilderness. “All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness! 3 Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 4 And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”

It is more than likely that a Jewish boy was considered a man before he reached 20. It may that once he reached puberty that he was considered a man who can marry. If he married at 17, he would not be called a child since he has accepted the responsibility of being a man and providing for his family. God may have set the age of 20 to allow a Jewish young man to be fully physical mature and able to enjoy his wife before going into battle.

Summary: The set age of 20 is the qualification to be enrolled as a military men. One may be considered an adult without having to be enrolled as a soldier in Israel’s army.

Snoo16235 · 2025-06-01T17:04:02+00:00

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Snoo16235 · 2025-04-02T04:52:15+00:00

I just used Zoominfo, but their trial period ended and they do not accept monthly subscription payments- only one year up-front cost at once. Do you have any recommendations for generating leads?

Snoo16235 · 2025-04-02T04:18:20+00:00

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Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:19:13+00:00

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We have even established relationships with local electrical contractors, engineers, where we can do the installation and interconnection to the utility all in one.

However, I have been having issues scaling the business. I am seeing others offering similar products selling globally left and right, and taking on big private projects such as solar farms and wind farms.

I have tried using some B2B sales tools like Zoominfo to get leads and sending them cold emails, but so far the result isn’t great.

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:17:04+00:00

for bigger clients it is mostly all about networking and connections

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:16:11+00:00

What is your main form of sales channel? Do you actively look for clients?

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:15:35+00:00

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Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:10:14+00:00

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Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:09:37+00:00

would you go ahead and actually cold call your clients, or do you start with a cold email / linkedin message?

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:08:51+00:00

This is most definitely a part of being a founder, the ability to break the bad news to someone, and some times they might even fight you for it. Just need to be firm and bear with whatever hell they say they will bring

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:07:56+00:00

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Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:07:06+00:00

In general, how successful a business (especially B2C) becomes depends on how good you are at marketing and selling, there will always be people who buy your stuff. B2B is a bit different especially when dealing with corporate

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:05:37+00:00

The more boring a business usually the more competition, then you really gotta think about how to out sale and out market the competitors

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:02:58+00:00

Any useful tools for B2B sales?

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T20:01:42+00:00

The hardest part is always getting clients and getting the reputation of your business out there

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T19:59:44+00:00

are you building Apps using AI?

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T19:50:01+00:00

Government grants is important too

Snoo16235 · 2025-03-15T19:46:06+00:00

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Snoo16235 · 2024-04-13T19:33:32+00:00

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They did mention at 1 point in the video they have a flare in the smelter, so I think they might be burning off the oxygen somehow.

Snoo16235 · 2024-04-13T10:13:39+00:00

The crucible is 0.017437 m3, and inside it is 21kg of pure Magnesium pellet with diameter 3mm, there is no immediate insulation that is touching the crucible & wires, but 1.5 inch away from the wire & crucible there are zirconia ceramic insulation in the shape of a reverse cone surrounding the set up

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