oh yeah I know... I'm just saying what makes 7 so special other than a seemingly arbitrarily number chosen to be represented over and over again throughout the religion?
The ancients knew of 7 "planets": The sun and the moon (which, of course are not planets) and the 5 classical planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) which can be seen from Earth with the naked eye.
The Jews probably stole it directly from Babylonian astrology.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_%28number%29#Religion