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Lexicon :: Strong's H505 - 'elep̄

Aa
אֶלֶף
Transliteration
'elep̄
Pronunciation
eh'-lef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Prop, the same as אֶלֶף (H504)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 109a

Strong’s Definitions

אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh'-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 505x

The KJV translates Strong's H505 in the following manner: thousand (500x), eleven hundred (with H3967) (3x), variant (1x), twelve hundred (with H3967) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 505x
The KJV translates Strong's H505 in the following manner: thousand (500x), eleven hundred (with H3967) (3x), variant (1x), twelve hundred (with H3967) (1x).

  1. a thousand

    1. as numeral

  2. a thousand, company

    1. as a company of men under one leader, troops

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh'-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.
STRONGS H505: Abbreviations
II. אֶ֫לֶף noun masculineJudges 6:15 thousand (אלף MI, SI, Sabean DHMZMG 1875, 615; Arabic أَلفً, Aramaic PElAx  , אֲלַף, אלפיא) — א׳ (אָ֑׳) Genesis 20:16 +; suffix אַלְמִּי Judges 6:15; dual אַלְמַּיִם Numbers 4:36 +; plural אֲלָפִים Exodus 18:21 +; construct אַלְפֵי Exodus 32:28 +; אֲלָפֶיךָ Deuteronomy 7:13 + 2 times; אֲלָפָיו Qr 1 Samuel 18:7 + 2 times (Kt ־פו) — a thousand.
1. numeral:
a. used with noun alone; mostly before noun Numbers 35:4; Joshua 7:3; Nehemiah 3:13; 1 Chronicles 18:4 +; after noun (late) 1 Chronicles 12:35 + 6 times Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah; בָּאַמָּה א׳ Numbers 35:5 (4 times in verse); Ezekiel 47:3 (strike out Co); the noun always plural when preceding, sometimes when following, 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Kings 3:4; 2 Kings 18:23 = Isaiah 36:8; 2 Chronicles 30:24; Psalm 90:4; Job 42:12; Ecclesiastes 6:6; elsewhere singular אישׁ Judges 9:49; Judges 15:15, 16; Joshua 7:3 +; אַמָּה Numbers 35:4 + (so SI); דּוֺר Deuteronomy 7:9 +, compare 1 Chronicles 18:4; 1 Chronicles 19:6; 2 Kings 15:19; Job 42:12; Songs 4:4; Isaiah 7:23, noun sometimes collective; א׳ plural construct Micah 6:7; Psalm 119:72; Genesis 24:60; noun not expressed (or not fully) Genesis 20:16; Numbers 31:5, 6 +; distributive אֶלֶף⬩⬩⬩אֶלֶף Numbers 31:4; multiplicative Deuteronomy 1:11 פְּעָמִים א׳; indefinite for great number (plural) Exodus 20:6; Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 5:10; Jeremiah 32:18, (singular) Deuteronomy 32:30; Ecclesiastes 6:6 +.
b. א׳ + other number usually precedes it Exodus 38:25 + often; but following רִבּוֺא Ezra 2:64 + 2 times; it follows also smaller number Numbers 3:50; 1 Kings 5:12 (so SI); the noun following in singular Exodus 28:25 + 8 times; plural 2 Samuel 8:4 + 2 times; noun precedes, in plural (late) Daniel 12:12 + 2 times; noun not expressed Exodus 38:28 —
c. א׳ X other number always following Exodus 12:37 +; usual order is no. X א׳ + additional no. (if any) + noun (if expressed) Numbers 31:52; Judges 20:35 compare Exodus 12:37; 2 Kings 3:4 (twice in verse) +; less often noun + no. X א׳ Numbers 31:33; 1 Kings 8:63 +; (other combinations see Exodus 38:26; Numbers 26:51; Numbers 31:32; Ezekiel 48:30; 1 Chronicles 29:7 etc.); א׳ usually singular Numbers 11:21 +; except after units, where plural absolute Numbers 1:46; Judges 20:34 + (so MI); seldom plural construct Exodus 32:28; Judges 4:10; Job 1:3 (twice in verse); (noun mostly singular when following Judges 4:10; 1 Kings 12:21+, yet plural Joshua 4:13; 1 Samuel 13:5 +; when preceding it is plural 1 Chronicles 5:21 +, or collective Numbers 31:33; 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 7:5 +); אֶלֶף אֲלָפִים 1 Chronicles 21:5; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 2 Chronicles 14:8; אַלְפֵי שִׁנְאָן Psalm 68:18, compare שִׁנְאָן; בְּהַרֲרֵי אָ֑לֶף Psalm 50:10, read אֵל compare Psalm 36:7, Ol Bi Che; yet see Hup De. —
Note.10,000= עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים etc. Judges 1:4; Judges 3:29; 1 Kings 5:28; 1 Chronicles 29:7 +; less often רִבּוֺ, רְבָבָה etc. which see.
2. a thousand, a company of 1000 men, as united under one superior, or leader, hence (שָׂרֵי) שַׂר א׳ Exodus 18:21, 25 compare Numbers 31:14 +; compare יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאשֵׁי א׳ Numbers 1:16; Numbers 10:4; Joshua 22:21, 30 & see below; compare also 1 Samuel 29:2; especially family, etc. Judges 6:15; 1 Samuel 10:19 (|| שֵׁבֶט & compare מִשְׁפַּחַת 1 Samuel 10:21); compare Micah 5:2; — Numbers 10:36 (רִבְבוֺת אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל) Numbers 31:5; Joshua 22:14; 1 Samuel 23:23 apparently shew transition to this technical use.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H506.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:16; 20:16; 24:60

Exodus

12:37; 12:37; 18:21; 18:21; 18:25; 20:6; 28:25; 32:28; 32:28; 34:7; 38:25; 38:26; 38:28

Numbers

1:16; 1:46; 3:50; 4:36; 10:4; 10:36; 11:21; 26:51; 31:4; 31:5; 31:5; 31:6; 31:14; 31:32; 31:33; 31:33; 31:52; 35:4; 35:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

1:11; 5:10; 7:9; 7:13; 32:30

Joshua

4:13; 7:3; 7:3; 22:14; 22:21; 22:30

Judges

1:4; 3:29; 4:10; 4:10; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 9:49; 15:15; 15:16; 20:34; 20:35

1 Samuel

10:19; 10:21; 13:5; 18:7; 23:23; 25:2; 25:2; 29:2

2 Samuel

8:4

1 Kings

3:4; 5:12; 8:63; 8:63; 12:21

2 Kings

3:4; 15:19; 18:23

1 Chronicles

5:21; 12:35; 18:4; 18:4; 19:6; 21:5; 22:14; 29:7; 29:7

2 Chronicles

7:5; 14:8; 30:24

Ezra

2:64

Nehemiah

3:13

Job

1:3; 42:12; 42:12

Psalms

36:7; 50:10; 68:18; 90:4; 119:72

Ecclesiastes

6:6; 6:6

Song of Songs

4:4

Isaiah

7:23; 36:8

Jeremiah

32:18

Ezekiel

47:3; 48:30

Daniel

12:12

Micah

5:2; 6:7

H505

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Strong's Number H505 matches the Hebrew אֶלֶף ('elep̄),
which occurs 507 times in 390 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 20:16–Num 4:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - To Sarah H8283 he said, H559 “Behold, H2009 I have given H5414 your brother H251 a thousand H505 pieces of silver; H3701 behold, H2009 it is [fn]your vindication H3682 before all H3605 who H834 are with you, and before H854 all H3605 men H3605 you are cleared.” H3198

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - They blessed H1288 Rebekah H7259 and said H559 to her,
“May you, our sister, H269
Become H1961 thousands H505 of ten H7233 thousands, H7233
And may your [fn]descendants H2233 possess H3423
The gate H8179 of those who hate H8130 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 - Now the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 journeyed H5265 from Rameses H7486 to Succoth, H5523 about six H8337 hundred H3967 thousand H505 men H1397 on foot, H7273 aside H905 from children. H2945

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - “Furthermore, you shall [fn]select H2372 out of all H3605 the people H5971 able H2428 men H376 who fear H3372 God, H430 men H376 of truth, H571 those who hate H8130 dishonest H1215 gain; H1215 and you shall place H7760 these over H5921 them as leaders H8269 of thousands, H505 [fn]of hundreds, H3967 [fn]of fifties H2572 and [fn]of tens. H6235

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - Moses H4872 chose H977 able H2428 men H376 out of all H3605 Israel H3478 and made H5414 them heads H7218 over H5921 the people, H5971 leaders H8269 of thousands, H505 [fn]of hundreds, H3967 [fn]of fifties H2572 and [fn]of tens. H6235

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - but showing H6213 lovingkindness H2617 to thousands, H505 to those who love H157 Me and keep H8104 My commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - So the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 did H6213 [fn]as Moses H4872 instructed, H1697 and about three H7969 thousand H505 men H376 of the people H5971 fell H5307 that day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - who keeps H5341 lovingkindness H2617 for thousands, H505 who forgives H5375 iniquity, H5771 transgression H6588 and sin; H2403 yet He will by no H3808 means H5352 leave H5352 the guilty unpunished, H5352 visiting H6485 the iniquity H5771 of fathers H1 on the children H1121 and on the grandchildren H1121 to the third H8029 and fourth H7256 generations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - The silver H3701 of those of the congregation H5712 who were [fn]numbered H6485 was 100 H3967 talents H3603 and 1,775 H505 H7651 H3967 H2568 H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka H1235 a head H1538 (that is, half H4276 a shekel H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary), H6944 for each H3605 one H3605 who passed H5674 over H5674 to those who were [fn]numbered, H6485 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 for 603,550 H8337 H3967 H505 H7969 H505 H2568 H3967 H2572 men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - Of the 1,775 H505 H7651 H3967 H2568 H7657 shekels, he made H6213 hooks H2053 for the pillars H5982 and overlaid H6823 their tops H7218 and made H2836 [fn]bands H2836 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze H5178 of the wave H8573 offering H8573 was 70 H7657 talents H3603 and 2,400 H505 H702 H3967 shekels. H8255

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - “These H428 are they who H7148 were called H7148 of the congregation, H5712 the leaders H5387 of their fathers’ H1 tribes; H4294 they were the heads H7218 of [fn]divisions H505 of Israel.” H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Reuben H7205 were 46,500. H8337 H705 H505 H2568 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Simeon H8095 were 59,300. H8672 H2572 H505 H7969 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Gad H1410 were 45,650. H2568 H705 H505 H8337 H3967 H2572

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Judah H3063 were 74,600. H702 H7657 H505 H8337 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Issachar H3485 were 54,400. H702 H7657 H505 H8337 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Zebulun H2074 were 57,400. H7651 H2572 H505 H702 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Ephraim H669 were 40,500. H705 H505 H2568 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Manasseh H4519 were 32,200. H8147 H7970 H505 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Benjamin H1144 were 35,400. H2568 H7970 H505 H702 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Dan H1835 were 62,700. H8147 H8346 H505 H7651 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Asher H836 were 41,500. H259 H705 H505 H2568 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Naphtali H5321 were 53,400. H7969 H2572 H505 H702 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - even all H3605 the numbered H6485 men were 603,550. H8337 H3967 H505 H7969 H505 H2568 H3967 H2572

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - and his army, H6635 even their [fn]numbered H6485 men, 74,600. H702 H7657 H505 H8337 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 - and his army, H6635 even their numbered H6485 men, 54,400. H702 H2572 H505 H702 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 - and his army, H6635 even his numbered H6485 men, 57,400. H7651 H2572 H505 H702 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - “The total H3605 of the numbered H6485 men of the camp H4264 of Judah: H3063 186,400, H3967 H505 H8084 H505 H8337 H505 H702 H3967 by their armies. H6635 They shall set H5265 out first. H7223

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - and his army, H6635 even their numbered H6485 men, 46,500. H8337 H705 H505 H2568 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 - and his army, H6635 even their numbered H6485 men, 59,300. H8672 H2572 H505 H7969 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - and his army, H6635 even their numbered H6485 men, 45,650. H2568 H705 H505 H8337 H3967 H2572

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - “The total H3605 of the numbered H6485 men of the camp H4264 of Reuben: H7205 151,450 H3967 H505 H259 H2572 H505 H702 H3967 H2572 by their armies. H6635 And they shall set H5265 out second. H8145

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:19 - and his army, H6635 even their numbered H6485 men, 40,500. H705 H505 H2568 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21 - and his army, H6635 even their numbered H6485 men, 32,200. H8147 H7970 H505 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 - and his army, H6635 even their numbered H6485 men, 35,400. H2568 H7970 H505 H702 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - “The total H3605 of the numbered H6485 men of the camp H4264 of Ephraim: H669 108,100, H3967 H505 H8083 H505 H3967 by their armies. H6635 And they shall set H5265 out third. H7992

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:26 - and his army, H6635 even their numbered H6485 men, 62,700. H8147 H8346 H505 H7651 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28 - and his army, H6635 even their numbered H6485 men, 41,500. H259 H705 H505 H2568 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - and his army, H6635 even their numbered H6485 men, 53,400. H7969 H2572 H505 H702 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - “The total H3605 of the numbered H6485 men of the camp H4264 of Dan H1835 was 157,600. H3967 H505 H7651 H2572 H505 H8337 H3967 They shall set H5265 out last H314 by their standards.” H1714

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - These H428 are the numbered H6485 men of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 by their fathers’ H1 households; H1004 the total H3605 of the numbered H6485 men of the camps H4264 by their armies, H6635 603,550. H3967 H505 H7651 H2572 H505 H8337 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - Their numbered H6485 men, in the numbering H4557 of every H3605 male H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 even their numbered H6485 men were 7,500. H7651 H505 H2568 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - In the numbering H4557 of every H3605 male H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 there were 8,600, H8083 H505 H8337 H3967 performing H8104 the duties H4931 of the sanctuary. H6944

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - Their numbered H6485 men in the numbering H4557 of every H3605 male H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 were 6,200. H8337 H505 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All H3605 the numbered H6485 men of the Levites, H3881 whom H834 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 numbered H6485 at the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 by their families, H4940 every H3605 male H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 were 22,000. H8147 H6242 H505

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - and all H3605 the firstborn H1060 males H2145 by the number H4557 of names H8034 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 for their numbered H6485 men were 22,273. H8147 H6242 H505 H7969 H7657 H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the firstborn H1060 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 he took H3947 the money H3701 in terms of the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 1,365. H2568 H8346 H7969 H3067 H505

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - Their numbered H6485 men by their families H4940 were 2,750. H505 H7651 H3967 H2572

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