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Lexicon :: Strong's H3967 - mē'â

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מֵאָה
Transliteration
mē'â
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
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TWOT Reference: 1135

Strong’s Definitions

מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x

The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x
The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

  1. hundred

    1. as simple number

    2. as part of larger number

    3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
STRONGS H3967: Abbreviations
I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic bdb054703 Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic bdb054704; Aramaic מְאָה, bdb054705; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 + 3 times 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם -) Genesis 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred: —
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
(1) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ מ׳ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר מ׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף מ׳ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3;
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), פְּעָמִים מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים מ׳ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.;
(3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32;
(4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes);
(5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; מ׳ Proverbs 17:10 100 (blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100 (children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 (times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual,
(1) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף מ׳ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה מ׳ Genesis 11:23 (P);
(2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים מ׳ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים מ׳ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4;
(3) also preceded by plural noun: עִוִּים מ׳ Genesis 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ Genesis 32:15 (E), הָרִמּוֺנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65;
(4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף מ׳ Judges 17:4;
(5) as predicate, רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת —
(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ׳ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +;
(2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה אַרְבַּע מ׳ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע מ׳ Judges 20:15, 16 700 men; חָלָל שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב תְּשַׁע מ׳ Judges 4:3, 13 900 chariots;
(3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.;
(4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after.collective noun בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:9;
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Exodus 30:24 (P);
(6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 5:11 see 3 below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3969.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:9; 5:23; 5:30; 6:1; 6:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:23; 15:13; 17:17; 21:5; 23:1; 25:7; 26:12; 32:15; 32:15; 33:19; 45:22

Exodus

6:16; 12:27; 14:7; 18:21; 18:25; 30:24

Leviticus

26:8

Numbers

7:86

Deuteronomy

22:19

Joshua

7:21; 24:32

Judges

2:8; 4:3; 4:13; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 7:19; 8:4; 15:4; 17:4; 20:10; 20:15; 20:16

1 Samuel

15:4; 18:27; 18:27; 25:18; 25:18; 29:2; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 14:26; 15:11; 16:1; 16:1; 18:4; 23:8; 24:3; 24:9

1 Kings

5:3; 7:2; 7:20; 7:42; 10:14; 10:16; 11:3; 18:4; 18:13; 20:29

2 Kings

4:43; 11; 11:4; 11:4; 11:9; 11:10; 11:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

4:42; 12:14; 12:32; 15:8; 18:4; 21:3; 25:9

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:8; 4:13; 9:15; 13:17; 14:8; 25:6; 27:5; 29:32; 29:32; 35:9; 36:3

Ezra

2:65; 2:69; 8:4; 8:26; 8:26

Nehemiah

3:1; 5:11; 5:11; 7:24; 7:31; 12:39

Esther

1:4

Job

1:3

Proverbs

17:10

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12

Isaiah

65:20

Jeremiah

52:23

Ezekiel

40:19; 42:2

Amos

5:3

H3967

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Strong's Number H3967 matches the Hebrew מֵאָה (mē'â),
which occurs 96 times in 85 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 1:21–Num 7:67)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 - And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 - And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:19 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth third.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:26 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28 - And his hosts, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set forth hindmost by their standards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - And all the first-born males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, that are over and above the number of the Levites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 - even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:48 - even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - and his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - he offered for his oblation one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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