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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 Box Num 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - their numbered men of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - their numbered men of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - their numbered men of the tribe of Gad were 45,650 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - their numbered men of the tribe of Judah were 74,600 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - their numbered men of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - their numbered men of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - their numbered men of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - their numbered men of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - their numbered men of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - their numbered men of the tribe of Dan were 62,700 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - their numbered men of the tribe of Asher were 41,500 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - their numbered men of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - even all the numbered men were 603,550 H3967 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - and his army, even their [fn]numbered men, 74,600 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 - and his army, even his numbered men, 54,400 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 - and his army, even his numbered men, 57,400 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - “The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400 H3967 H3967, by their armies. They shall set out first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - and his army, even his numbered men, 46,500 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 - and his army, even their numbered men, 59,300 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - and his army, even their numbered men, 45,650 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - “The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 H3967 H3967 by their armies. And they shall set out second.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:19 - and his army, even their numbered men, 40,500 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21 - and his army, even their numbered men, 32,200 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 - and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - “The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100 H3967 H3967, by their armies. And they shall set out third.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:26 - and his army, even their numbered men, 62,700 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28 - and his army, even their numbered men, 41,500 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - and his army, even their numbered men, 53,400 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - “The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600 H3967 H3967. They shall set out last by their standards.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 -

These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ households; the total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, 603,550 H3967 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - Their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, even their numbered men were 7,500 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - In the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600 H3967, keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - And their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - and all the firstborn males by the number of names from a month old and upward, for their numbered men were 22,273 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - “For the redemption price of the 273 H3967 of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess beyond the Levites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - Their numbered men by their families were 2,750 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - their numbered men by their families, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 - their numbered men by their families were 3,200 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:48 - their numbered men were 8,580 H3967.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - and his offering was one silver [fn]dish whose weight was 130 H3967 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the [fn]shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - he brought near as his offering one silver dish whose weight was 130 H3967 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 H3967 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 H3967 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 H3967 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 H3967 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 H3967 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 H3967 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:61

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 H3967 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 H3967 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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