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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

Aa
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration
yiśrā'ēl
Pronunciation
yis-raw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x

The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x
The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

  1. Israel = "God prevails"

    1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

    2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.
STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations
יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg.60 ff.) or Let Ēl contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but see DrHast. DB JACOB 530]; on vocalization see LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Chronicles 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l SteindZAW xvi (1896), 331, compare BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyr. and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּ); — Ισραηλ:
1. proper name, masculine. second name of Jacob Genesis 32:29 + 28 times Genesis (JE), Exodus 32:13 (JE), Hosea 12:13; Judges 18:29; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 1:34 + 8 times Chronicles, Psalm 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ruth 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (literal) Genesis 42:5 + 3 times E, + 2 times P + Exodus 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6.
2. proper name, of a people (usually masculineJudges 11:17 f but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dron the passage AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):
a.
(1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Genesis 47:27 (J), Genesis 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times J E, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 + 42 times P; Judges 5:2, 7 (twice in verse) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-12; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 + (so also later).
(2) יִשׂ׳ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 1Ki 24:7; 1Ki 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; Hosea 4:15 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
(3) יִשׂ׳ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; Jeremiah 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; Ezekiel 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice in verse) = Psalm 53:7 [Psalm 53:6] (twice in verse), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
(4) usage in Chronicles: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 + 110 times, of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times
(5) יִשׂ׳ personified as עֶבֶד י׳, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.
b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳,
(1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (J), Exodus 3:9 (E) + 72 times J E, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 + 25 times D, Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] + 327 times P; Judges 1:1 + 60 times Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-12; in 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
(2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 times Amos, Hosea; 2 Chronicles 13:12 + 7 times Chronicles.
(3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.
c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 + 142 times (see בַּיִת 5d (δ); + 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Isaiah 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of י׳) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1d (3).
†e. יִשׂ׳ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ Ezra 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:29; 32:32; 34:7; 36:31; 42:5; 47:27; 49:7

Exodus

1:7; 1:12; 3:9; 6:14; 12:15; 16:31; 28:9; 32:13; 37:16; 40:38

Numbers

1:20; 26:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 3:18; 10:6; 18:6; 33:10

Judges

1:1; 5:2; 5:7; 11:17; 18:29

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

17:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 8:15; 11:1; 12:7; 20:1; 24:9

1 Kings

1:35; 4:20; 5:5; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:28; 16:29; 18:31; 18:36

2 Kings

17:34; 21:8; 23:22

1 Chronicles

1:34; 2:1; 2:7; 4:16; 9:2; 21:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

11:1; 12:6; 13:12; 19:8; 30:6; 31:5

Ezra

2:59; 2:70; 2:70; 3:1; 3:11; 9:1; 10:5; 10:25

Nehemiah

1:6; 7:61; 10:3; 10:34; 11:3; 11:20

Psalms

14:7; 53:6; 103:7; 105:23; 147:2; 149:2

Isaiah

1:3; 8:14; 8:18; 17:9; 40:27; 41:8; 42:24; 44:1; 44:21; 49:3

Jeremiah

2:3; 2:14; 2:31; 4:1; 50:17; 50:19

Ezekiel

2:3; 13:2; 13:4; 13:16; 14:1; 14:7; 14:9

Hosea

1:5; 4:15; 5:3; 5:5; 12:13

Amos

1:1; 2:6; 2:11; 3:14

Micah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 237 times in 209 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Num 1:2–Num 9:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2 - “From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:3 - twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:45 - They were registered by families—all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - But the Levites will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to protect the community of Israel from the LORD’s anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:54 - So the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - “When the Israelites set up camp, each tribe will be assigned its own area. The tribal divisions will camp beneath their family banners on all four sides of the Tabernacle,[fn] but at some distance from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - In summary, the troops of Israel listed by their families totaled 603,550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33 - But as the LORD had commanded, the Levites were not included in this registration.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34 - So the people of Israel did everything as the LORD had commanded Moses. Each clan and family set up camp and marched under their banners exactly as the LORD had instructed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - They will also maintain all the furnishings of the sacred tent,[fn] serving in the Tabernacle on behalf of all the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:9 - Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They have been given from among all the people of Israel to serve as their assistants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “Look, I have chosen the Levites from among the Israelites to serve as substitutes for all the firstborn sons of the people of Israel. The Levites belong to me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - for all the firstborn males are mine. On the day I struck down all the firstborn sons of the Egyptians, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both of people and of animals. They are mine; I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - The area in front of the Tabernacle, in the east toward the sunrise,[fn] was reserved for the tents of Moses and of Aaron and his sons, who had the final responsibility for the sanctuary on behalf of the people of Israel. Anyone other than a priest or Levite who went too near the sanctuary was to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now count all the firstborn sons in Israel who are one month old or older, and make a list of their names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41 - The Levites must be reserved for me as substitutes for the firstborn sons of Israel; I am the LORD. And the Levites’ livestock must be reserved for me as substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the whole nation of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:42 - So Moses counted the firstborn sons of the people of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45 - “Take the Levites as substitutes for the firstborn sons of the people of Israel. And take the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the people of Israel. The Levites belong to me; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - There are 273 more firstborn sons of Israel than there are Levites. To redeem these extra firstborn sons,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - He collected 1,365 pieces of silver[fn] on behalf of these firstborn sons of Israel (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel).

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel listed all the Levites by their clans and families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command the people of Israel to remove from the camp anyone who has a skin disease[fn] or a discharge, or who has become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead person.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:4 - So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses and removed such people from the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people—men or women—betray the LORD by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:9 - All the sacred offerings that the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:12 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“Suppose a man’s wife goes astray, and she is unfaithful to her husband

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“If any of the people, either men or women, take the special vow of a Nazirite, setting themselves apart to the LORD in a special way,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:23 - “Tell Aaron and his sons to bless the people of Israel with this special blessing:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:27 - Whenever Aaron and his sons bless the people of Israel in my name, I myself will bless them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - Then the leaders of Israel—the tribal leaders who had registered the troops—came and brought their offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 - So this was the dedication offering brought by the leaders of Israel at the time the altar was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6 - “Now set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel and make them ceremonially clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9 - Then assemble the whole community of Israel, and present the Levites at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10 - When you present the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel must lay their hands on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - Raising his hands, Aaron must then present the Levites to the LORD as a special offering from the people of Israel, thus dedicating them to the LORD’s service.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14 - In this way, you will set the Levites apart from the rest of the people of Israel, and the Levites will belong to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - “Of all the people of Israel, the Levites are reserved for me. I have claimed them for myself in place of all the firstborn sons of the Israelites; I have taken the Levites as their substitutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - For all the firstborn males among the people of Israel are mine, both of people and of animals. I set them apart for myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn sons of the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18 - Yes, I have claimed the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - And of all the Israelites, I have assigned the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They will serve in the Tabernacle on behalf of the Israelites and make sacrifices to purify[fn] the people so no plague will strike them when they approach the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20 - So Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel dedicated the Levites, carefully following all the LORD’s instructions to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:2 - “Tell the Israelites to celebrate the Passover at the prescribed time,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:4 - So Moses told the people to celebrate the Passover

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - in the wilderness of Sinai as twilight fell on the fourteenth day of the month. And they celebrated the festival there, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7 - and said, “We have become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead body. But why should we be prevented from presenting the LORD’s offering at the proper time with the rest of the Israelites?”

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