It is the number of generation from David to Christ according to the evangelist Luke and also the number of generations between Moses and Adam. The genealogy of Sem comprises twenty-six descendants.
In the Psalms, the God of Israel promises to the nations the iron rods and in chapter XXVI of the Leviticus, an avalanche of curse is pronounced against his people among which «a sky of iron». The atomic number of iron is 26.
Jesus was 26 years old when died his adoptive father Joseph, according to visions of Mary Agreda.
According to the Talmud, the Torah would have been revealed to Israel to the 26th generation of the history of the world, that is to say starting from Adam. It is Moses who, to the 26th generation of the world, receives the Torah transmitted by God.
The 26 ganglions of the sympathetic system of the human bodies.
The 26 letters of the Latin alphabet.