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Numbers
Numbers is the fourth book of the Old Testament and part of the Pentateuch. It records the roughly forty-year journey of the people of Israel through the wilderness, from their departure from Mount Sinai to their arrival on the plains of Moab.
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- Numbers 3Bible
Numbers 3 records the genealogy of Aaron's sons and the tribe of Levi. It sets apart the Levites as those given to God in place of Israel's firstborn, assigns each Levite family its camp position and tabernacle duties, and then numbers both the Levites and the firstborn, requiring a redemption price for the difference.
- Numbers 1Bible
Numbers 1 records how, in the second year after the Exodus, Moses and Aaron numbered the men of the twelve tribes in the wilderness of Sinai who were twenty years old and upward and able to go to war, arriving at a total of 603,550. The tribe of Levi was excluded from the count and given charge of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 7Bible
Numbers 7 records how, on the day the tabernacle was set up, the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel presented wagons and oxen and then, over twelve days, one tribe per day, brought offerings for the dedication of the altar.
- Numbers 2Bible
Numbers 2 is the chapter in which, in the wilderness of Sinai, the twelve tribes of Israel are arranged into four camps on the east, south, west, and north around the tent of meeting, and the order of their march is established.
- Numbers 5Bible
Numbers 5 contains the ordinance for putting the unclean out of the camp, the ordinance for confessing and making restitution for wrongs done to another person, and the "law of jealousy," a procedure carried out before the priest when a husband suspects his wife of adultery.
Verses in the King James Version 3, showing 3
- 1 Chronicles 12:23
And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 17:14
And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
- Psalms 71:15
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
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