ten
A number symbolizing the Ten Commandments, 10 plagues of Egypt, 10 faithful disciples, 10 wicked brothers of Joseph, the Psalmist’s instrument of 10 strings, 10 sons of Haman, 10 servants of Joshua, 10 virgins, 10 lepers, 10 pieces of silver, 10 great persecutions of the early Church, etc. The number symbolizing order. Ten Great Persecutions. Under Nero, Domitian, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Septimus Severus, Maximinus, Decius, Valerian, Aurelian and Diocletian. (Webber, 1938)