Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Numbers
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Abbreviations of Numbers, a book of the Old Testament.
- A simplified spelling of
numb . - An abbreviation
- of number;
- of numeral.
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- proper noun Abbreviation of
Numbers .
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Examples
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Of some of these different ways God himself gave an account in Num. xii.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Also in Num., xxxi, 28, we read of a share of the spoils of battle being set aside as an offering to the sanctuary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The ceremonies with which the simple Levites were consecrated to the service of the Lord are described in Num., viii, 5-22.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Aaron whose heart had been filled with awe and sorrow at this dreadful scene, neglected also an important ceremony; but his excuse fully satisfied Moses and very likely God Himself, for no further chastisement punished his forgetfulness (Lev., x, Num., iii, 4, xxvi, 61).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Many scholars prefer to derive it from the Hebrew noun saraph, "a fiery and flying serpent", spoken of in Num., xxi, 6;
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Most probably it is given in Num., xxxiii, 3-49, or the immediate context of the passage telling of Moses 'literary activity; there are, however, scholars who understand this latter passage as referring to the history of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Jesimon, 1 (Num., xxi, 20; xxiii, 28; Moab) desert N. of the Dead
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Moses in the desert is recorded in Num., vii, 72-77.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Nazarites in Num., vi, 1-21; Judges, xviii, 31, speaks of the tabernacle existing in the times when there was no king in Israel;
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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And indeed we read in Num., vii, 89, that when Moses
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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