They are using the octal nummbering system because they can't quite grasp hexadecimal.
But I think DataDog just uncovered a new JW superstition with this -
"Although all spirit-begotten Christians engaged in the preaching work, only a very limited number- just eight different men -were used to write the 27 books of the Christian Greek Scriptures."
Dubs are dispensationalist at their core, and an essential element of dispensationalism is that the past will be reflected in the future.