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Lexicon :: Strong's H2568 - ḥāmēš

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חָמֵשׁ
Transliteration
ḥāmēš
Pronunciation
khaw-maysh'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive numeral
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 686a

Strong’s Definitions

חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh'; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 343x

The KJV translates Strong's H2568 in the following manner: five (300x), fifteenth (with H6240) (16x), fifteen (with H6240) (15x), fifth (6x), fifteen (with H7657) (3x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 343x
The KJV translates Strong's H2568 in the following manner: five (300x), fifteenth (with H6240) (16x), fifteen (with H6240) (15x), fifth (6x), fifteen (with H7657) (3x), variant (1x).

  1. five

    1. five (cardinal number)

    2. a multiple of five (with another number)

    3. fifth (ordinal number)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh'; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).
STRONGS H2568: Abbreviations
חָמֵשׁ, חֲמִשָּׁה 342 noun masculine and feminine five (Late Hebrew id.; id.; Aramaic חֲמֵשׁ, חַמְשָׁא, Wemfo, aXtwemfo; Phoenician חמשת; Palmyrene חמשא, with masculine noun, ReckendZMG 1888, 408; Assyrian ḫamšu, ḫamiltu Dl§ 75; Ethiopic ኀምስ፡ ኀምስቱ፡ Arabic خَمْسً, خَمْسَةً Sabean & Liḥyânian חֿמס DHMZMG xxix, 613; Epigr. Denkm. 71, 73); — masculine (with noun feminine) absolute חָמֵשׁ Genesis 5:6 + 94 times + Ezekiel 40:30 (strike out Greek Version of the LXXB Hi-Sm Co; Co strike out also in Ezekiel 40:25; Ezekiel 40:29; Ezekiel 40:33; Ezekiel 40:36) + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt (where read feminine with Qr); construct חֲמֵשׁ Genesis 5:10 + 67 times + Ezekiel 48:16 Kt; feminine (with noun masculine) absolute חֲמִשָּׁה see LagBN 80 Genesis 18:28 + 139 times (including Ezekiel 8:16 strike out B Co and others); construct חֲמֵשֶׁת Numbers 3:47 (twice in verse) + 26 times; — on plural חֲמִשִּׁים fifty, see below; — five, in Hexateuch chiefly P; —
1. without other numeral:
a. חָמֵשׁ before feminine plural noun Genesis 43:34 + 35 times; before collective noun צאֹן ח׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; see also בָּאַמָּה ח׳ five in cubit(s)＝five cubits 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2; after noun (late) 2 Kings 8:16 (בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֺרָם＝in the fifth year) + 6 times Chronicles; no noun expressed 1 Kings 7:39 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:49 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 3:20; 2 Chronicles 4:7 (twice in verse).
b. חֲמִשָּׁה before masculine plural noun Genesis 47:2 + 18 times; after noun Exodus 36:38 + 36 times Numbers (all P); no noun expressed Genesis 14:9 (only here with article) + 20 times.
c. חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except מֵאוֺת, אֲלָפִים, see 3, 4) Exodus 26:3, 9; Exodus 36:10, 16 + Ezekiel 42:16 אַמּוֺת ח׳ Kt, but Qr מאות ח׳, see below.
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Joshua 10:5 + 5 times; הָאֲנָשִׁים ח׳ Judges 18:7, 14, 17; שׁקלים ח׳ Numbers 18:16; also, distributive, שְׁקָלִים ח׳ ח׳ Numbers 3:47; הַסְּרָנִים ח׳ Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 1 Samuel 6:18; בני מ׳ ח׳ 2 Samuel 21:8.
e.＝ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2 Kings 8:16 the fifth (year) of Joram; בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day) of the month Ezekiel 1:1, 2; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 33:21; (so also 15th, 25th, etc.)
2. ח׳ combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה ten＝fifteen:
a. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (with noun feminine) Genesis 5:10; Genesis 7:20; Exodus 27:14, 15; Exodus 38:14, 15; 2 Kings 14:17, 23; 2 Kings 20:6; 2 Chronicles 15:10; 25:25; Isaiah 38:5.
b. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (with noun masculine),
(1) after noun Esther 9:21;
(2) before noun Exodus 16:1 (= ordinal fifteenth, so Leviticus 23:6 +) Hosea 3:2 +.
c. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר before noun 2 Samuel 19:18 +.
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר, without noun＝ordinal fifteenth 1 Chronicles 24:14 +4 times + Ezekiel 45:12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים A Hi Co).
3. חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת＝500 Genesis 5:30, 32 + 49 times + Ezekiel 42:16 Qr.
4. חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים＝5000 Numbers 31:32; Joshua 8:12; Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 17:5; Ezekiel 45:6; Ezekiel 48:15; 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 35:9; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:69; — in 25,000, 35,000 etc. חֲמִשָּׁה (usually without א׳) precedes the 20,000, 30,000, etc.
5. with other numerals:
a. חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral:
(1) noun repeated Genesis 5:6 + 4 times;
(2) noun with 2nd number only, Genesis 5:17 + 8 times + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt;
(3) noun with בְּ with 2nd number Ezekiel 40:21 + 2 times
b. חָמֵשׁ after larger number:
(1) noun repeated Genesis 25:7;
(2) noun following ח׳ (only) Judges 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration);
(3) noun before both numbers, stative absolute, 2 Chronicles 3:15; stative construct 2 Chronicles 15:19.
c. no noun expressed, ח׳ between other number, e.g. ושׁבעים שֵׁשׁ מאות ח׳ Numbers 31:37.
d. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger number, noun following larger number Numbers 1:25 + 22 times
e. ח׳ follows, and
(1) is followed by noun Judges 20:35 + 7 times;
(2) noun precedes both 1 Kings 7:3; Jeremiah 52:30.
f. ח׳ precedes, no noun expressed 1 Kings 5:12.
g. ח׳ follows, no noun expressed Genesis 18:28 +.
h. no noun expressed ח׳ between other number Exodus 38:28; Ezra 2:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:6; 5:6; 5:10; 5:10; 5:17; 5:30; 5:32; 7:20; 14:9; 18:28; 18:28; 25:7; 43:34; 47:2

Exodus

16:1; 26:3; 26:9; 27:14; 27:15; 36:10; 36:16; 36:38; 38:14; 38:15; 38:28

Leviticus

23:6

Numbers

1:25; 3:47; 3:47; 18:16; 31:32; 31:37

Joshua

8:12; 10:5; 13:3

Judges

3:3; 14:10; 18:7; 18:14; 18:17; 20:35; 20:45

1 Samuel

6:18; 17:5; 25:18

2 Samuel

19:18; 21:8

1 Kings

5:12; 7:3; 7:23; 7:39; 7:49

2 Kings

8:16; 8:16; 14:17; 14:23; 20:6

1 Chronicles

3:20; 11:23; 24:14; 29:7

2 Chronicles

3:15; 4:2; 4:7; 15:10; 15:19; 25:25; 35:9

Ezra

1:11; 2:5; 2:69

Esther

9:21

Isaiah

38:5

Jeremiah

52:30

Ezekiel

1:1; 1:2; 8:1; 8:16; 33:21; 40:21; 40:25; 40:29; 40:30; 40:33; 40:36; 42:16; 42:16; 45:3; 45:3; 45:6; 45:12; 48:15; 48:16

Hosea

3:2

H2568

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Strong's Number H2568 matches the Hebrew חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš),
which occurs 344 times in 272 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 6 (Ezr 2:67–Eze 42:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 - Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; H2568 their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:69

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:69 - They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five H2568 thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:15 - So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth H2568 day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:13 - The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. H2568

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:20 - The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. H2568

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:25 - The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. H2568

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:36 - The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. H2568

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five H2568 singing men and singing women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: H2568 six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70 - And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five H2568 hundred and thirty priests' garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6 - And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five H2568 hundred men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five H2568 hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 - But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five H2568 thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth H2568 day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:21 - To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth H2568 day of the same, yearly,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five H2568 hundred yoke of oxen, and five H2568 hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:8 - For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five H2568 years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6 - Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five H2568 in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18 - In that day shall five H2568 cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:17 - One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five H2568 shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five H2568 thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen H2568 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22 - And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five H2568 cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five H2568 persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:31 - And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five H2568 and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth H2568 day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:2 - In the fifth H2568 day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:1 - And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth H2568 day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five H2568 and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1 - Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five H2568 and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:17 - It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth H2568 day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21 - And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth H2568 day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:1 - In the five H2568 and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five H2568 cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five H2568 and twenty cubits, door against door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five H2568 and twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25 - And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five H2568 and twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29 - And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five H2568 and twenty cubits broad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:30 - And the arches round about were five H2568 and twenty cubits long, and five H2568 cubits broad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33 - And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five H2568 and twenty cubits broad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:36 - The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five H2568 and twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five H2568 cubits on this side, and five H2568 cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five H2568 cubits on the one side, and five H2568 cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9 - The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five H2568 cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five H2568 cubits round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12 - Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five H2568 cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five H2568 hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured the north side, five H2568 hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - He measured the south side, five H2568 hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - He turned about to the west side, and measured five H2568 hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

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