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  2. 666 (number) - Wikipedia

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    Is the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel (0 through 36). [19] This is a corollary of the fact that the number is a Triangular number, as mentioned earlier. Was a winning lottery number in the 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal, in which equipment was tampered to favor a 4 or 6 as each of the three individual random digits. [21]

  3. Book of Numbers - Wikipedia

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    MS. Kennicott 3, created in 1299. Shows the beginning of Numbers with its first word illustrated with calligraphy: וידבר ‎ Way-ḏabbêr, "And He spoke…" Most commentators divide Numbers into three sections based on locale (Mount Sinai, Kadesh-Barnea and the plains of Moab), linked by two travel sections; [7] an alternative is to see it as structured around the two generations of ...

  4. Biblical numerology - Wikipedia

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    Revelation uses the number twelve to refer to the number of angels (Rev. 21:14), number of stars (12:1), twelve angels at twelve gates each of which have the names of the twelve apostles inscribed (Rev. 21:12), the wall itself being 12 x 12 = 144 cubits in length (Rev. 21:17) and is adorned with twelve jewels, and the tree of life has twelve ...

  5. Number of the beast - Wikipedia

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    Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666." In several editions of the Greek Bible , the number is represented by the final three words, ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ , hexakósioi hexēkonta héx , meaning "six hundred [and] sixty-six": [ 12 ] [ 13 ]

  6. Bible code - Wikipedia

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    The Bible code (Hebrew: הצופן התנ"כי, hatzofen hatanachi), also known as the Torah code, is a purported set of encoded words within a Hebrew text of the Torah that, according to proponents, has predicted significant historical events.

  7. Numbers 31 - Wikipedia

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    Numbers 31 is the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch , the central part of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), a sacred text in Judaism and Christianity. Scholars such as Israel Knohl and Dennis T. Olson name this chapter the War against the Midianites .

  8. Unit of time - Wikipedia

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    10 −6 s: One millionth of a second. Symbol is μs millisecond: 10 −3 s: One thousandth of a second. Shortest time unit used on stopwatches. jiffy (electronics) ~ 10 −3 s: Used to measure the time between alternating power cycles. Also a casual term for a short period of time. centisecond: 10 −2 s: One hundredth of a second. decisecond ...

  9. Four senses of Scripture - Wikipedia

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    Thus the four types of interpretation (or meaning) deal with past events (literal), the connection of past events with the present (typology), present events (moral), and the future (anagogical). [6] For example, with the Sermon on the Mount [10] [11] the literal interpretation is the narrative that Jesus went to a hill and preached;