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Genesis 18:24

אוּלַי יֵשׁ חֲמִשִּׁים צַדִּיקִם בְּ תֹוךְ הָ עִיר הַ אַף תִּסְפֶּה וְ לֹא תִשָּׂא לַ מָּקֹום לְמַעַן חֲמִשִּׁים הַ צַּדִּיקִם אֲשֶׁר בְּ קִרְבָּהּ
Perhaps there exists fifty righteous in the inner-part of the City654—really are you sweeping and not lifting to the Standing-place to the purpose of fifty of the Righteous who are in her inner-part?655
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Parallel riddle of the hundred golden rings in the middle of the tabernacle covering of ten curtains of twined linen which themselves are embroidered with cherubim icons,

Fifty loops you are making in the Curtain of the One, and fifty loops you are making in the extremity of the Curtain which is in the Second People accepting the loops, a woman toward her sister.” Exodus 26:5 literal

In 2 Kings 1 we read the narrative of three princes of fifty and each of their fifty men (totaling 150) over three revolutions.

And he is turning back and is sending toward him a prince of fifty following, and his fifty…” 2 Kings 1:11 literal