six points to bind them all.

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The use of a hexagram in Judaism is not ancient. An old example from the period of rabbinic Judaism is from around the beginning of the eleventh century where the hexagram is displayed in the Leningrad codex shown here.

But for centuries before that the symbol was used in Christian and Islamic art.

It may be significant that the symbol has six points rather than the seven one might associate with perfection and with God. Six is more often associated with incomplete works and human frailty. In the Apocalypse six is associated with wickedness. "Here is wisdom. Whoever has intelligence, let him determine the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred and sixty-six." (Revelation 13:18)

In the fantasy tale "The Lord of the Rings" there is a rhyme about the wickedness of the ring of Sauron, I will not rehearse it here but the thought about binding in the darkness comes to mind when considering the six pointed star.

 

[Alithis]

is it used at all in ancient times by the israelites? there seems to be no bible reference to it (in fact is NONE).
but its use in judaism is not wide spread nor surprising ,since t times lie in the days of manasseh they delved into more perverse wickedness than any of the nations that had preceded them in the land .it seems the whole 6 pointed sar thing (the so called star of david never mentioned by david or scripture) was an identifying symbol imposed on them in the days of hitler.so intensly it became the symbol of thier identity .

 

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is it used at all in ancient times by the Israelites? there seems to be no bible reference to it (in fact is NONE).
but its use in Judaism is not wide spread nor surprising ,since the times lie in the days of Manasseh they delved into more perverse wickedness than any of the nations that had preceded them in the land .it seems the whole 6 pointed sar thing (the so called star of David never mentioned by David or scripture) was an identifying symbol imposed on them in the days of Hitler so intensely it became the symbol of their identity .

I think it was used fairly widely in the 19th century and by the Zionist movement. It was also used in Jewish kabbala.