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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 61 times in 45 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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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

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

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

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

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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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five H2568 hundred reeds long, and five H2568 hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1 - Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five H2568 and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2 - Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five H2568 hundred in length, with five H2568 hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five H2568 and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - And the five H2568 and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:6 - And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five H2568 thousand broad, and five H2568 and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:12 - And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five H2568 and twenty shekels, fifteen H2568 shekels, shall be your maneh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:25 - In the seventh month, in the fifteenth H2568 day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8 - And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five H2568 and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:9 - The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five H2568 and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:10 - And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five H2568 and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five H2568 and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:13 - And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five H2568 and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five H2568 and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:15 - And the five H2568 thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five H2568 and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16 - And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five H2568 hundred, and the south side four thousand and five H2568 hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five H2568 hundred, and the west side four thousand and five H2568 H2568 hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:20 - All the oblation shall be five H2568 and twenty thousand by five H2568 and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21 - And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five H2568 and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five H2568 and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:30 - And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five H2568 hundred measures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:32 - And at the east side four thousand and five H2568 hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33 - And at the south side four thousand and five H2568 hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:34 - At the west side four thousand and five H2568 hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
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