2276、“假若在那里找到三十个呢”表示些许争战，这从数字“三十”的含义清楚可知。“三十”之所以表示些许争战，因而表示少量争战，是因为这个数字是“五”与“六”的乘积，“五”表示一点或少量，“六”表示劳碌或争战，如第一卷所示（649，720，737，900，1709节）。
因此，无论在圣言的哪个地方读到这个数字，它都表示相对少量的东西，如撒迦利亚书：
我对他们说，若在你们眼里为好，就给我工价；不然，就罢了。他们就称了三十锭银子，作为我的工价。耶和华对我说，把它丢给窑户，就是他们对我所估定的好价钱。我就取这三十锭银子，在耶和华的家中丢给窑户了。（撒迦利亚书11:12-13）
这表示他们将主的功德，以及祂所提供的救赎和救恩估价如此之少。“窑户”表示改造和重生。
这解释了为何马太福音也提到三十锭银子：
他们拿了三十锭银子，就是他们从以色列人那里所买被估定之人的价钱，给了那银子，去买窑匠的田地，照主吩咐我的。（马太福音27:9-10）
这些话清楚表明，“三十”在此表示被估定的少量价钱。被认为没有多大价值的仆人，值三十舍客勒，这明显可见于摩西五经：
牛若抵触了奴仆或是婢女，必将银子三十舍客勒给他们的主人，也要用石头把牛打死。（出埃及记21:32）
本章（21:20-21）表明一个奴仆被估价何等之少。“奴仆”在内义上表示劳碌。
利未人之所以从三十岁直到五十岁（民数记4:3，23，30，35，39，43）被召来履行职责（这被描述为一个人“前来任职、在会幕里办事”），是因为“三十”表示那些身为新手的人，因而表示那些还不能执行大量按灵义来理解的兵役之人。
其它圣言经文也提到数字“三十”。例如，他们要把十分之三的素祭与公牛一同献上（民数记15:9），这是因为公牛这个祭牲代表属世良善，如前所示（2180节）；属世良善与公绵羊这个祭牲所代表的属灵良善相比，只是少许，与羔羊这个祭牲所代表的属天良善相比则更少；与这些祭牲一同献上的，还有按十分之几的不同比率所调和的素祭，这明显可见于民数记15:4-6，以及 28:12-13，20-21，28-29；29:3-4，9-10，14-15。十分之几的不同比率或不同份额若不涉及天堂的奥秘，永远不会被如此命令。
在马可福音，“三十”也表示一点或少量：
落到好土里的种子就发生长大，结出果实，有的结三十倍，有的六十倍，有的一百倍。（马可福音4:8）
此处“三十”表示产出一点，或少量产出，以及一点劳碌，或付出很少努力。这些数字若不包含它们所表示的事物在里面，就不会被具体说明。
Potts(1905-1910) 2276
2276. Peradventure thirty shall be found. That this signifies somewhat of combat, is evident from the signification of the number thirty. That "thirty" signifies somewhat of combat, thus but a little of combat, comes from the fact that this number is compounded by the multiplication of five (by which is signified some little), and six (by which is signified labor or combat, as was shown in volume 1, n. 649, 720, 737, 900, 1709). [2] Hence also this number, wherever read in the Word, signifies something that is relatively little; as in Zechariah:
I said unto them, If it be good in your eyes, give me my hire; and if not, forbear; and they weighed my hire, thirty pieces of silver. And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price* whereat I was valued by them; and I took the thirty silver pieces, and cast it to the potter in the house of Jehovah (Zech. 11:12-13);
denoting that they valued so little the Lord's merit, and redemption and salvation by Him. The "potter" denotes reformation and regeneration. [3] Hence the same thirty silver pieces are spoken of in Matthew:
They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him whom they had bought from the sons of Israel, and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me (Matt. 27:9-10);
from which it is plainly evident that "thirty" here denotes the price of what is but little valued. The valuation of a servant who was held as being of little account, was thirty shekels; as is evident in Moses:
If the ox gore a manservant, or a maidservant, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver; and the ox shall be stoned (Exod. 21:32). Of how little account a servant was held, is evident in the same chapter (verses 20-21). In the internal sense a "servant" denotes labor. [4] That the Levites were taken for the work of the ministerial office-which is described by the expression "one coming to exercise warfare, and to do the work in the tent"-from a "son of thirty years to one of fifty" (Num. 4:3, 23, 30, 35, 39, 43), was because "thirty" signified those who were being initiated, and who therefore could as yet exercise but little warfare as understood in the spiritual sense. [5] So in other passages where "thirty" is named in the Word; as that they should offer "upon a son of an ox a meat-offering of three tenths" (Num. 15:9); which was because the sacrifice of an ox represented natural good (as shown above, n. 2180); and natural good is but little in comparison with spiritual good, which was represented by the sacrifice of a ram; and still less in comparison with celestial good, which was represented by the sacrifice of a lamb; in connection with which there was another rate of tenths for the meat-offering, as is evident in the same chapter (verses 4 to 6; also Num. 28:12-13, 20-21, 28-29; 29:3-4, 9-10, 14-15); which rates of tenths, or which proportions, would never have been commanded, unless they had involved heavenly arcana. In Mark also "thirty" denotes a little:
The seed which fell into good ground yielded fruit growing up and increasing, and brought forth, one thirty, and another sixty, and another a hundred (Mark 4:8), where "thirty" denotes a small growth, and that which has labored but little. These numbers would not have been marked out for use, unless they had contained within them the things which they signify. * Literally, "the magnificence of the price." [Reviser.]
Elliott(1983-1999) 2276
2276. 'Perhaps thirty will be found [there]' means some existence of conflict. This is clear from the meaning of the number 'thirty'. The reason 'thirty' means some existence of conflict, thus a small amount of conflict, is that this number is the product of 'five', meaning that which is small, times 'six', meaning toil or conflict, as shown in Volume One, in 649, 720, 737, 900, 1709.
[2] Hence also that number, wherever one reads it in the Word, means something relatively small, as in Zechariah,
I said to them, If it is good in your eyes, give me my wages; and if not, withhold them. And they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver. And Jehovah said to me, Throw it to the potter, the magnificent price I was valued at among them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw it into the house of Jehovah, to the potter. Zech 11: 12, 13.
This stands for how small a value those people placed on the Lord's merit, and on redemption and salvation from Him. 'The poster' stands for reformation and regeneration.
[3] This explains the reference to the same thirty pieces of silver in Matthew,
They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him whom they had bought from the children of Israel, and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me. Matt 27: 9, 10.
From these words it is quite clear that 'thirty' here stands for the small price set on him. A slave, who was not considered to be worth much, was valued at thirty shekels, as is clear in Moses,
If the ox gores a slave or a servant-girl, the owner shall give to his master thirty shekels of silver; and the ox shall be stoned. Exod 21: 32.
How little a slave was considered to be worth is clear from verses 20, 21, of that same chapter. In the internal sense 'a slave' stands for toil.
[4] The reason Levites were called upon for ministerial duty - which is described as one 'coming to perform military service and to do the work in the tent [of meeting] - from thirty up to fifty years of age', Num 4: 3, 23, 30, 35, 39, 43, was that 'thirty' means those who were beginners, thus those who as yet could perform little of what was meant in the spiritual sense by 'military service'.
[5] There are other places in the Word besides these where 'thirty' is mentioned, such as in the requirement that with a young bull a minchah of three tenths [of fine flour] was to be offered by them, Num 15: 9. Such was required because the sacrifice of an ox represented natural good, as shown above in 2180, and natural good is small in comparison with spiritual good, which was represented by the sacrifice of a ram, and smaller still in comparison with celestial good, which was represented by the sacrifice of a lamb, with which sacrifices a different number of tenths to the minchah were required, as is clear in verses 4-6 of that chapter, and also in Num 28: 12,13, 20, 21, 28, 29; 29: 3, 4, 9, 10, 14, 15. These differing numbers of tenths, or proportions, would never have been commanded if they had not embodied heavenly arcana within them.
[6] 'Thirty' again stands for that which is small in Mark,
The seed which fell into good ground yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. One bore thirty-fold, and another sixty, and another a hundred. Mark 4:-8.
'Thirty' stands for a small yield and for that which has laboured to only a small extent. Those numbers would not have been specified unless they had embodied the things meant by them.
Latin(1748-1756) 2276
2276. `Forte inventi fuerint triginta': quod significet aliquid pugnae, constat ex significatione numeri triginta: quod `triginta' significent aliquid pugnae, ita parum pugnae, est inde quia numerus ille per multiplicationem compositus est ex `quinque,' quibus significatur aliquid parum, et ex `sex,' quibus significatur labor seu pugna, ut in Parte Prima n. 649, 720, 737, 900, 1709 ostensum est: [2] inde etiam numerus ille, ubicumque in Verbo legitur, significat aliquid parum respective, sicut apud Zachariam, Dixi ad illos, Si bonum in oculis vestris, date mercedem [meam,] et si non, omittite; et appenderunt mercedem meam, triginta argenteos; et dixit Jehovah ad me, Projice illud ad figulum, magnificentiam pretii, qua aestimatus sum ab apud (c)eos; et sumpsi triginta argenteos, et projeci illud in domum Jehovae ad figulum, xi 12, 13;pro quod tam parum aestimaverant meritum Domini, (c)ac redemptionem (c)et salvationem ab Ipso; `figulus' pro reformatione et regeneratione: [3] inde de iisdem triginta argenteis {1} apud Matthaeum, Sumpserunt triginta argenteos [pretium aestimati], quem emerant a filiis Israelis, et dederunt pro agro figuli, sicut praecepit mihi Dominus, xxvii [9,] 10;
ex quibus manifeste constat, quod `triginta' ibi pro pretio aestimati parvo: {2} aestimatio servi {3} qui pro vili habebatur, erat triginta siclorum, ut constat apud Mosen, Si servum ferierit bos, aut ancillam, argentum triginta siclorum dabit domino ejus, et bos lapidabitur, Exod. xxi 32;
quam vilis habebatur servus, constat ibi vers. 20, 21; `servus' in sensu interno pro labore. [4] Quod Levitae assumerentur ad obeundum ministerium, quod describitur per venientem ad exercendum militiam, et faciendum opus in tentorio, a filio triginta annorum ad quinquaginta, Num. iv 3, 23, 30, 35, 39, 43, erat quia per `triginta' significabantur qui initiarentur, ita qui parum adhuc exercere militiam in spirituali sensu intellectum possent; [5] praeter alibi, ubi `triginta' in Verbo nominantur; Sicut quod offerrent super filium bovis minham tres decimas, Num. xv 9, quod erat (x)quia sacrificium de bove repraesentabat bonum naturale, ut supra n. 2180 ostensum, et bonum naturale parum est respective ad bonum spirituale, quod repraesentabatur per sacrificium arietis, et adhuc minus respective ad bonum caeleste, quod repraesentabatur per sacrificium agni, circa quae alia ratio decimarum minhae fuit, ut constat ibi vers. 4-6; tum Num. xxviii 12, 13, 20, 21, 28, 29; xxix 3, 4, 9, 10, 14, 15; quae rationes decimarum seu proportiones nusquam mandatae fuissent nisi involvissent arcana caelestia. {4}`Triginta' pro parvo etiam apud Marcum, Semen, quod cecidit in terram bonam, dedit fructum ascendentem, et crescentem, et tulit unum triginta, et alterum sexaginta, et alterum centum, iv 8;
`triginta' pro parvo proventu, et pro quod parum laboravit; numeri illi non designati fuissent nisi involvissent illa quae significant. @1 i ita.$ @2 In Verbo alibi etiam triginta occurrunt, et ibi significant parum, sicut apud Mosen.$ @3 enim.$ @4 i Quod.$