The number seven is considered lucky or meaningful in many religions. It is a number of good luck and fortune, that's why it is used in slot machines.
Examples (From Wikipedia)
Judaism = God rested on and sanctified the seventh day
Genesis 2:3. "Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars."
A seven-day purification period is required for one who has become tamei to become tahor.
The Shmita (Sabbatical) year arrives every seventh year.
The Jubilee (Yovel) year comes after 7 times 7 years.
The Counting of the Omer leading up to the Giving of the
Torah is expressed as "7 times 7 weeks."
There are 7 days of Passover and Sukkot when celebrated in Israel.
Christianity =
Seven days of Creation (Genesis 1)
Seven years of plenty and seven years of famine in Pharaoh's dream (Genesis 41)
Seven days of the feast of Passover (Exodus 13:3-10)
Seven day week and the pattern concerning distribution and use of manna (Exodus 16)
Seven year cycle around the years of Jubilee (Leviticus 25)
The fall of the walls of Jericho on the seventh day after marching around the city seven times(Joshua 6)
Seven things the LORD hates (Proverbs 6:16-19)
Seven loaves multiplied into seven baskets of surplus (Matthew 15:32-37)
The Seven last Words (or seven last sayings) of Jesus on the cross.
Seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom (Acts 6:3)
Seven Spirits of God are mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
Seven churches of Asia to which the "Book of Revelation" is addressed.
Seven churches, seven stars, seven seals, seven last plagues, seven vials or bowls, seven thunders in the
Revelation, the last book of The Bible.
Other sevens in Christian knowledge and practice include:
The Seven Sacraments in the Catholic faith (though some traditions assign a different number).
The Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions.
The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions.
The Seven Corporal Acts of Mercy and Seven Spiritual Acts of
Mercy of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions.
The Seven Virtues: chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, kindness, patience, and humility
The Seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.
The seven terraces of Mount Purgatory (one per deadly sin).
In the genealogy in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is 77th in a direct line.
The number of heads of the three beasts (7 × 10 × 7 + 7 × 10 × 10 + 7 × 10 = 1260) of the Book of Revelation, and of some other monsters, like the hydra and the number of seals.
In the New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew 18:21, Jesus says to Peter to forgive seventy times seven times.
There are seven suicides mentioned in the Bible (OT and NT)
Hinduism
The Sanskrit Word 'sapta' refers to number seven.
The Indian Music has 'sapta swaras', means seven octats (sa re gan MA pa dha ni), which are basics of music, using which hundreds of Ragas are composed.
Celestial group of seven stars are named as 'Sapta Rishi' based on the seven great saints.
Seven Promises, Seven Rounds in Hindu Wedding and Seven Reincarnation
As per Hindu mythology, there are seven worlds in the universe, seven seas in the world and seven Rishies (seven gurus) called sapta rishis.
Seven hills at tirumala also known as ezhu malaiyan means Sevenhills god
There are 7 Chakras.
Islam
The number of ayat in surat al-Fatiha.
The number of heavens in Islamic tradition.
The number of levels of Earth in Islamic tradition.
The number of circumambulations (Tawaf) that are made around the Kaaba
The number of walks between Al-Safa and Al-Marwah mountains -that is travelling back and forth- seven times during the ritual pilgrimages of Hajj and Umrah.
The number of fires in hell. i.e the 7 fires of hell.
The number of doors to hell is also seven.
Bahá'í
The mystical text "The Seven Valleys", by the Prophet-Founder Bahá'u'lláh, relates the journey of the soul through the seven "valleys" of Search, Love, Knowledge, Unity, Contentment, Wonderment, and finally True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness.
Others
The number of Archangels according to some systems.
The minor symbol number of yang from the Taoist yin-yang.
The number of palms in an Egyptian Sacred Cubit.
The number of ranks in Mithraism.
The number seven is of particular significance within Cherokee cosmology.
In Buddhism, Buddha walked 7 steps at his birth.
Circle Seven Koran, the holy scripture of the Moorish Science Temple of America
In Spanish and other Romance Languages, cats are said to have 7 lives as opposed to English, where cats are said to have 9 lives.
In Iran cats are also said to have 7 lives.
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