number - Shiv'im?

Who knows seventy?

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Answer

70 is/are:

1. Avrams age when he first came to Canaan- YDK


2. Years of David haMelech- Shalom


3. Shekel weight of basin brought by Nachshon be Aminadav- Shalom


4. Shekel weight of basin brought by Nesanel ben Tzuar- Shalom


5. Shekel weight of basin brought by Eliav ben Chelon- Shalom


6. Shekel weight of basin brought by Elitzur ben Sh'deur- Shalom


7. Shekel weight of basin brought by Shlumiel ben Tzurishadai- Shalom


8. Shekel weight of basin brought by Elyasaf ben D'uel- Shalom



9. Shekel weight of basin brought by Elishama ben Amihud- Shalom


10. Shekel weight of basin brought by Gamliel ben P'dahtzur- Shalom


11. Shekel weight of basin brought by Avidan ben Gidoni- Shalom


12. Shekel weight of basin brought by Achiezer ben Amishadai- Shalom


13. Shekel weight of basin brought by Pagiel ben Ochran- Shalom


14. Shekel weight of basin brought by Achira ben Enan- Shalom


15. Bulls for Olah on Sukkos- Shalom


16. Nations of the world- Chanoch


17. Descenders to Egypt w/ Yaakov- Chanoch


18. Defects that render an animal tereifah- Dave



19. Interval in years between the chilazon's ascent in the sea- Dave


20. Age at which the אפעה ("vipers" - Artscroll) becomes fertile- Dave


21. Age at which the carob tree bears fruit- Dave


22. Man's lifespan- Dave


23. Age at which man is called a שיבה- Dave


24. Years of the Babylonian exile- Dave


25. Weight in Maneh of Tzari in the Ketores- Dave


26. Weight in Maneh of Tziporen in the Ketores- Dave


27. Weight in Maneh of Chelbenah in the Ketores- Dave


28. Weight in Maneh of Levonah in the Ketores- Dave



29. Interval in years between Shissin cleanings- Dave


30. 70 nations (mentioned by Chanoch)


31. Pesukim from beginning of Breishis until Curse of Nachash- YDK


32. Pesukim from Haman's promotion until his hanging- YDK


33. Names of Hashem from Breishis until the parashah of the Nachash- YDK


34. Age that Terach begat Avraham- YDK


35. Age that Kenan begat Mehalalel- YDK


36. Days of crying for Yaakov- YDK


37. Shabbossim/Yamim Tovim in a Solar year- YDK


38. Names for Hashem- YDK



39. Names for Yisrael- YDK


40. Names for the Torah- YDK


41. Names for Yerushalayim


42. Years taken from Adam for Dovid


43. Days from Haman's Iggeres to Mordechai's- YDK


44. Years of Choni's slumber- YDK


45. Number of Elders to assist Moshe- YDK


46. Number of lots with the word "zaken"- YDK


47. Number on the Sanhedrin acc. to Rabbi Yehudah- YDK


48. The number of golden chairs set above Shlomo haMelech's throne- YDK



49. Gematria of Yayin- YDK


50. Gematria of Sod- Shalom


51. Facets of the Torah- YDK


52. Rabbi Elazar's age/appearance when appointed- Dave/YDK


53. Shmittos from the 1st Churban to the 2nd- YDK


54. Good years that turn bad b/c of Nivul Peh- YDK


55. Date trees in Elim


56. Unit of years that a court is destructive if it executes more than 1 person- Dave


57. Sifrei Torah written by Rav Huna- Dave


58. Age of Ramban when he moved to Eretz Yisrael- Dave



59. Sons of Gideon from wives- YDK


60. Brothers to Avimelech- YDK


61. Silver pieces given to Avimelech by Anshei Sh'chem- YDK


62. Children and grandchildren to Avdon ben Hillel- YDK


63. Donkeys owned by the above- YDK


64. Answers to the stirah in Rav Ashi- Shalom


65. Original Tikkunim in Tikkunei Hazohar- Isaac Moses


66. Lamps to Shlomo haMelech's Menoros- Dave


67. Languages to the world- Jeremy


68. Year CE of the Churban Bayis Sheni- Jeremy



69. Days Menachos grain was planted before Pesach- Dave


70. Interval of years between arrivals of an anti-navigational star- Dave


71. Amos of Heichal (w/o Ulam) in the 2nd Bayis- Dave


72. Amos (+) to a city's Ibur- Shalom


73. Translators of the Septuagint (acc. to 1 version- pardon the pun)- Jeremy


74. Verses in Megillas Esther from Haman's ascension to his hanging)- Alex