Numbers

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English

Book of Numbers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Numbers on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

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Proper noun

Numbers

2. The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Num.

   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     For in the book of Numbers is it writ,
     When the man dies, let the inheritance
     Descend unto the daughter.

Translations

fourth book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Numeri (af) Albanian: Numrat Amharic: ኦሪት ዘኊልቊ (ʾorit zäḫʷilḳʷi) Arabic: سِفْر العَدَد (sifr al-ʕadad) Aramaic: ܣܦܪܐ ܕܡܢܝܢܐ m Armenian: Թվեր (Tʻver) Asturian: Númberos (ast) Basque: Zenbakiak (eu) pl Bengali: গণনাপুস্তক (Gaṇanāpustaka) Breton: Niveroù (br) m Bulgarian: Чи́сла n pl (Čísla) Burmese: တောလည်ရာကျမ်း (tau:lanyra-kyam:) Catalan: els Nombres m pl Cebuano: Mga Numero Chinese: Cantonese: 民數記 / 民数记 (man4 sou3 gei3), 戶籍紀 / 户籍纪 (wu6 zik6 gei2) (Catholic) Eastern Min: 民數記 / 民数记 (Mìng-só-gé) Hakka: 民數記 / 民数记 (Mìn-su-ki) Hokkien: 民數紀錄 / 民数纪录 (Bîn-sò͘ Kí-lio̍k), 民數記 / 民数记 (Bîn-sò͘-kì), 戶籍紀 / 户籍纪 (Hō͘-che̍k-kí) (Catholic) Mandarin: 民數記 / 民数记 (zh) (Mínshùjì), 戶籍紀 / 户籍纪 (zh) (Hùjíjì) (Catholic) Corsican: Numeri (co) Czech: Numeri (cs) Danish: Fjerde Mosebog (da) Dutch: Numeri (nl) Esperanto: Nombroj Estonian: 4. Moosese raamat (et) Faroese: Fjórði Mósebók (fo) m Finnish: 4. Mooseksen kirja French: Nombres (fr) pl Georgian: რიცხვნი (ricxvni) German: Numeri (de) m pl Greek: Αριθμοί (el) m pl (Arithmoí) Ancient: Ἀρῐθμοί m pl (Arĭthmoí) Greenlandic: 4 Mosesi (kl) Gujarati: ગણના f (gaṇnā) Hawaiian: Nā Helu Hebrew: בַּמִּדְבָּר (he) (BaMidbár) Hindi: गिनती (hi) f (gintī) Hungarian: Mózes negyedik könyve (hu) Icelandic: Fjórði Mósebók m Ido: Nombri (io) Indonesian: Kitab Bilangan, Bilangan (id) Irish: Leabhar na nUimhreacha m, Uimhreacha (ga) f pl Italian: Numeri (it) Japanese: 民数記 (Minsū ki) Jarai: Tơlơi Yap Kazakh: Руларды санау (Rulardy sanau) Khmer: លេវីវិន័យ (leiviivinɨy) Korean: 민수기 (minsugi) Latin: Numerī (la) m pl Latvian: Ceturtā Mozus grāmata (lv) f, Skaitļu grāmata f Limburgish: Numeri Lithuanian: Skaičių knyga (lt) f Lutuv: Mingluv rina Macedonian: Броеви pl (Broevi) Malay: Bilangan Malayalam: സംഖ്യ (ml) (saṅkhya) Maltese: Ktieb in-Numri (mt) Manx: Earrooyn (gv) Maori: Tauanga (mi) Ngazidja Comorian: Hisaɓu class 10 Norwegian: Fjerde Mosebok (no) Persian: اعداد (fa) Polish: Księga Liczb f Portuguese: Números (pt) m Punjabi: گِنْتی (gintī) Romanian: Numeri (ro) m pl Russian: Кни́га Чи́сел f (Kníga Čísel), Чи́сла n pl (Čísla) Scots: Nummers Scottish Gaelic: Àireamh (gd) m pl Slovak: Numeri m pl Slovene: Numeri (sl) Spanish: Los Números m pl Swahili: Hesabu (sw) Swedish: Fjärde Moseboken Tagalog: Mga Bilang (tl) Tamil: எண்ணிக்கை (ta) (eṇṇikkai) Thai: กันดารวิถี (gan-daa-rá-wí-tǐi) Tumbuka: Kupenda Turkish: Çölde Sayim Turkmen: Çölde Urdu: گنتی (gintī), کِتابِ گِنْتی (kitāb-e gintī) Waray-Waray: Mga Numero Welsh: Numeri (cy) m pl West Frisian: Numeri Western Panjabi: کتاب گنتی (Kitāb-e Gintī) Yoruba: Nọ́ḿbà, Númérì Zealandic: Numeri

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