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  2. Biblical numerology - Wikipedia

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    Biblical numerology is the use of numerology in the Bible to convey a meaning outside of the numerical value of the actual number being used. [1] Numerological values in the Bible often relate to a wider usage in the Ancient Near East .

  3. Book of Numbers - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi, lit. ' numbers ' Biblical Hebrew: בְּמִדְבַּר, Bəmīḏbar, lit. ' In [the] desert '; Latin: Liber Numeri) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. [1]

  4. Textual variants in the Book of Numbers - Wikipedia

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    This list provides examples of known textual variants, and contains the following parameters: Hebrew texts written right to left, the Hebrew text romanised left to right, an approximate English translation, and which Hebrew manuscripts or critical editions of the Hebrew Bible this textual variant can be found in. Greek (Septuagint) and Latin (Vulgate) texts are written left to right, and not ...

  5. Ketef Hinnom scrolls - Wikipedia

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    The Ketef Hinnom scrolls, also described as Ketef Hinnom amulets, are the oldest surviving texts currently known from the Hebrew Bible, dated to c. 600 BCE. [2] The text, written in the Paleo-Hebrew script (not the Babylonian square letters of the modern Hebrew alphabet, more familiar to most modern readers), is from the Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible, and has been described as "one of ...

  6. 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 .

  7. Numerology - Wikipedia

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    The term arithmancy is derived from two Greek words – arithmos (meaning number) and manteia (meaning divination). "Αριθμομαντεία" Arithmancy is thus the study of divination through numbers. [3] Although the word "arithmancy" dates to the 1570s, [4] the word "numerology" is not recorded in English before c. 1907. [5]

  8. Strong's Concordance - Wikipedia

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    Appearing to the right of the scripture reference is the Strong's number. This allows the user of the concordance to look up the meaning of the original language word in the associated dictionary in the back, thereby showing how the original language word was translated into the English word in the KJV Bible. Strong's Concordance includes:

  9. Four senses of Scripture - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, bible hermeneutics notably uses midrash, a Jewish method of interpreting the Hebrew Bible and the rules which structure the Jewish laws. [1] The early allegorizing trait in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible figures prominently in the massive oeuvre of a prominent Hellenized Jew of Alexandria, Philo Judaeus, whose allegorical reading of the Septuagint synthesized the ...