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number

Meaning of “number”

Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.

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178 occurrences166 verses33 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 13:16

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Exodus 12:4
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 12:4 · retained source text

And if the houshold be too little for the lambe, let him and his neighbour next vnto his house, take it according to the number of the soules: euery man according to his eating shall make your count for the lambe.

Exodus 16:16
¶ This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 16:16 · retained source text

¶ This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: gather of it euery man according to his eating: an Omer for euery man, according to the number of your persons, take yee euery man for them which are in his tents.

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the polle or head.

1611 marginal noteHeb. soules.

Exodus 23:26
¶ There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 23:26 · retained source text

¶ There shall nothing cast their yong, nor bee barren in thy land: the number of thy dayes I will fulfill.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 7.14.

Exodus 30:12
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 30:12 · retained source text

When thou takest the summe of the children of Israel, after their number, then shall they giue euery man a ransome for his soule vnto the LORD, when thou numbrest them, that there be no plague amongst them, when thou numbrest them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. them that are to be numbred.

1611 marginal noteNum. 1.2,5.

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