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Numbers

The LXX calls the book Arithmoi, which means "Numbers" or "Censuses" in Greek. This name is used in the English title because the book prominently features several numbered lists, particularly the population counts and tribal censuses in chapters 1-4 and 26.


The DSS starts the Book of Numbers with the word Bemidbar, but they call numbers using the Hebrew numerals system, where each Hebrew letter is assigned a numerical value (1-10, then tens, then hundreds), a system also used for gematria, a form of Jewish numerology.


The SP calls this scroll "In the Desert of Sinai", following the tradition of most ancient sources that held no chapters or verses but rather identified a thought or sequence by naming the opening line.

Title - Thesis
Scroll
Short Description
Synthesis 2nd Temple
Antithesis
Synthesis Apostolic
Synthesis Amoraim
Continent Origin
Southern Worldview
Northern Worldview
Numbers
Scroll 04
Story of authority
Numbers
In the Desert of Sinai
Numbers
Bemidbar
Africa
Law
Torah
Category Reference Guide 
 

Title/Thesis - The name of the book in American English

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Synthesis 2nd Temple - The name of the book in order of its presentation other than the Apostles, ranging from 2nd temple Judaism up to the 1st century

Antithesis - The name of the book in another language

Synthesis Apostolic - The identity of the book in order of its presentation according to Tradition in the church after the 3rd century

Synthesis Amoraim - The name of the book in order of its presentation other than the Apostles, ranging from Tannaim up to the 5th century​

Continent Origin - Continent from where the Text Type Source comes from

Southern Worldview - Catalog strategy for storing the scrolls include the interpretation. South means Africa or Egypt (Alexandrian) such as LXX. South of Palestine.​

Northern Worldview - Catalog strategy for storing the scrolls include the interpretation. North means Asia or Persia (Babylonian) such as Masoretic. North of Palestine.

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In the Desert of Sinai

Here are additional resources for those who want to continue learning and exploring:

Link to approximate plains of Moab where Moses delivered message

The Adoration of the Magi (wise men from the East): Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar with the Shepherds of Bethlehem Commemorated every December 24 in the Roman Catholic (Gregorian Calendar aka Revised Julian Calendar or New Style) and January 6 in the Orthodox Tradition (Julian Calendar aka Old Style).

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