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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 579 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 11 (Num 2:6–Num 26:22)

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 BoxNum 2:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 BoxNum 2:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 BoxNum 2:26

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 BoxNum 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 BoxNum 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 BoxNum 3:28

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - 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 BoxNum 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 BoxNum 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - “For the ransom 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 BoxNum 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 BoxNum 4:36

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 BoxNum 4:44

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:48

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - and his offering was one silver [fn]dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to [fn]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 BoxNum 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - he presented as his offering one silver dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:61

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:73

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one H3967 hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:79

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 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 BoxNum 7:85

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - each silver dish weighing one hundred H3967 and thirty shekels and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the utensils was 2,400 H3967 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86 - the twelve gold pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the pans 120 H3967 shekels;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21 - But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 H3967 on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:2 - and they rose up before Moses, [fn]together with some of the sons of Israel, two hundred H3967 and fifty leaders of the congregation, [fn]chosen in the assembly, men of renown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:17 - “Each of you take his firepan and put incense on [fn]it, and each of you bring his censer before the LORD, two hundred H3967 and fifty firepans; also you and Aaron shall each bring his firepan.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:35 - Fire also came forth from the LORD and consumed the two hundred H3967 and fifty men who were offering the incense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49 - But those who died by the plague were 14,700, H3967 besides those who died on account of Korah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7 - These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were numbered of them were 43,730. H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 H3967 men, so that they became a [fn]warning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:14 - These are the families of the Simeonites, 22,200. H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:18 - These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, 40,500. H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 - These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, 76,500. H3967

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