Book of Numbers
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- proper noun
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Libro de Números
- The description of the Sotah in the Book of Numbers, chapter five, uses two forms of the root word (Greek text cannot be converted into ASCII text).
Examples
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I can say, though, that I do not find myself having to twist my beliefs into a rhetorical pretzel to try and justify the atrocious passages of the Book of Numbers 31 and the acts described therein being attributed to God.
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In our Bible study group, we are currently reading the Book of Numbers to understand the journeys of the Israelites.
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The Book of Numbers
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In continuing our study together through the Old Testament, I have planned to dedicate the last few weeks of 2012 to a study of the Book of Numbers.
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The Book of Numbers provides vital information about the population of the Israelites as they traveled to the Promised Land.
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One of the themes in the Book of Numbers is the importance of faith during the Israelites' long journey from Egypt.
Synonyms
The fourth book of the Bible about counting the people of Israel and their desert journey
Surface Forms
Morphology
On the surface the phrase is compositional (book + Numbers) so learners can guess it refers to a book concerning "numbers," but in fact 'Numbers' is a proper name — the canonical title of the fourth book of the Old Testament — with specific religious/cultural content (census and wilderness narratives). A B1 learner who knows the constituent words may infer a literal/math meaning but would not reliably derive the biblical, canonical sense without prior exposure, so the relation is only partially predictable.
Etymology
The Book of Numbers gets its name from the many lists and 'counts' of people in the book. Long ago writers recorded how many Israelites were in each group, so the book is full of numbers and counting and the title helps us remember that it is about people and their journey.