The Book of Numbers
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The age at which Methuselah the longest-lived patriarch, died |
969 (Genesis 5:27)
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The number of animals that Solomon sacrificed in the dedication ceremony for the Temple |
142,000 (22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep [1 Kings 8:63])
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Length of time that the sun stood still for Joshua at the battle of Gibeon |
1 day (Joshua 10:13)
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The amount of silver paid to Judes to betray Jesus |
30 pieces (Matthew 26:15), estimated by some scholars to be the typical earnings from 120 days of work at that time
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Height of Goliath |
6 cubits and a span (1 Samuel 17:4), estimated to be 9 feet, 9 inches, based on an 18-inch cubit and a 9-inch span
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Height of Mt. Tabor |
About 1,750 feet above sea level
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Length of the Siloam tunnel, which King Hezekiah excavated to insure Jerusalem’s water supply during the siege by Sennacherib of Assyria |
1,750 feet, give or take a few feet
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Number of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances recorded in the New Testament |
17
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Number of adult male Israelites who, according to the Bible, left Egypt during the Exodus |
About 600,000 (Exodus 12:37)
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Number of references to the name of God in the Book of Esther |
0
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The annual interest rate for loans of silver, according to ancient Mesopotamian law |
20 percent
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Moses’ age at the beginning of the Exodus |
80. Moses died at the age of 120 (Deuteronomy 34:7), and the Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 8:2).
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