" Fire is the true element of purification, according to Numbers xxi. 23 ," was his answer ( Sanhedrin 39a ).

His comment on Numbers 23: 19 has a still more polemical tone: “ God is not a man that he should lie ; neither the son of man, that he should repent ; < font face =" times new roman " size = 3 > if a man says: ‘ I am a god ’ he is a liar ; if he says: ‘ I am a son of man ’ he will have cause to regret it ; and if he says, ‘ I will go up to heaven ’ he has said but will not keep his word ” last phrase is borrowed from B ' midbar 23: 19 ( Yer.

The American Registry for Internet Numbers ( ARIN ) is the Regional Internet Registry ( RIR ) for Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands, and the United States.

The Book of Numbers ( from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi ;, Bəmidbar, " In the desert ") is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah.

Against this, Numbers also demonstrates the importance of holiness, faithfulness and trust: despite God's presence and his priests, Israel lacks faith and the possession of the land is left to a new generation.

This view has the advantage of anchoring Numbers to the Pentateuch as a whole, but an alternative is to see it as structured around the two generations of those condemned to die in the wilderness and the new generation who will enter Canaan, making a theological distinction between the disobedience of the first generation and the obedience of the second.

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The Book of Numbers is named after the counting of the Israelite population ( in ) according to the house of the Fathers after the exodus from Egypt.

He is also the author of Surreal Numbers, a mathematical novelette on John Conway's set theory construction of an alternate system of numbers.

The beginning of set theory as a branch of mathematics is often marked by the publication of Cantor's 1874 article, " Über eine Eigenschaft des Inbegriffes aller reellen algebraischen Zahlen " (" On a Property of the Collection of All Real Algebraic Numbers ").

" according to Numbers 13: 8, 13: 16 that was the original name of Joshua son of Nun, till Moses gave him the longer name ( compounded with the name of Yahweh ) which he continued to bear ( yehoshua `), " Yahweh is salvation.

In the Book of Numbers it is written that God told Moses to make a bronze serpent, Nehushtan, and hold it up, so that anyone looking at the snake would be healed of their snakebites.

International Standard Book Numbers issuance is country specific, and is tailored for each country's national goals.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN, ) is a nonprofit private organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly on behalf of the U. S. government by other organizations, notably the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ( IANA ), which ICANN now operates.

He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment ( RFC ) document series, and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ( IANA ) until his death.

According to the books Exodus, Numbers and Joshua, he became the leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses ; his name was Hoshe ' a the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him Yehoshu ' a ( Joshua ) () the name by which he is commonly known ; and he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus, and was probably the same age as Caleb, with whom he is occasionally associated.

18 ) is construed as a reference to Joshua ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah xii.

23 ) is proved by Joshua's victory over Amalek ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah xiii ).

This work is a halakhic commentary on the book of Numbers.

For much of the 20th century most scholars agreed that the five books of the Pentateuch — Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy — came from four sources, the Yahwist, the Elohist, the Deuteronomist and the Priestly source, each telling the same basic story, and joined together by various editors.

The story of Balaam in Numbers 22, describes a non-Jewish prophet who honors God and refuses to curse Israel and who is generally presented favorably.

In Numbers 22 is the story of Balaam and the talking donkey.

Balaam ( Hebrew: ב ִּ ל ְ ע ָ ם, ) is a diviner in the Torah, his story occurring towards the end of the Book of Numbers ( Hebrew: במדבר ).

Balak is also the name of the weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading that tells the story of Balak in the Book of Numbers.

Their story has been dramatized many times, including in the Alfred Hitchcock movie Rope, the 1959 film Compulsion based on Meyer Levin novel, the 1994 film Swoon, and the 2002 movie Murder by Numbers.

Another reference (" the Cushite reference ") to a wife of Moses occurs at Numbers 12, in the story of Aaron's and Miriam's harsh criticism of Moses ' marriage to a Cushite or Kushite woman, probably of ancestry from Kush, aka Nubia, in northeast Africa.

* The 1957 film House of Numbers told the story of an older brother's efforts to help his younger brother escape from San Quentin.

The story centers on a man named Train Heartnet who withdrew from an elite group of assassins called the Chrono Numbers to become a bounty hunter, or Sweeper.

It is later mentioned in Numbers 21: 21-35, which tells the story of the Israelite victory over Sihon the Amorite during the time of the Exodus under Moses.

The 2000 film Lucky Numbers, starring John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow, was loosely based on Perry ’ s story.

There are several theories as to its development, and it is named for the Greek mythology figure Asclepius, who was said to have possessed healing power, although it has been claimed to have origins from other sources, including a biblical story from Numbers and as a representation of the drawing out of a guinea worm.

Significant portions of the story told in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are not and were never intended to be historiographic, but the overall intent was historical according to the understanding of the ancient writers: to demonstrate God's actions in history, to recall Israel's bondage and salvation, and to demonstrate the fulfillment of Israel's covenant.

While the story in the books of Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy is the best-known account of the Exodus, there are over a hundred and fifty references scattered through the Bible.

He has also written two books ; one about the 70's rock band Slade, and another about The Who called ' Who By Numbers ' which is the story behind every Who song.

El Elyon also appears in Baalam's story in Numbers and in Moses song in.

: * Shlach, on Numbers 13-15: Mixed report of the scouts and Israel's response

The theme of descendants marks the first event in Numbers, the census of Israel's fighting men: the huge number which results ( over 600, 000 ) demonstrates the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham of innumerable descendants, as well as serving as God's guarantee of victory in Canaan.

* The third, Numbers 24: 3 – 9, celebrates the glory and conquests of Israel's monarchy.

The Pentateuch or Torah ( the Greek and Hebrew terms, respectively, for the bible's books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy ) describe the history of the Israelites from the creation of the world, through the earliest biblical patriarchs and their wanderings, to the exodus from Egypt and the encounter with God in the wilderness.

Numbers begins at Mount Sinai, where the Israelites have received their laws and covenant from God and God has taken up residence among them in the sanctuary.

: * Chukat, on Numbers 19-21: Red heifer, water from a rock, Miriam ’ s and Aaron ’ s deaths, victories, serpents

It was in this period that the Pentateuch ( or Torah, to give the Hebrew name ) was composed, by detaching the book of Deuteronomy from the Deuteronomistic history and adding it to the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers.

Most of our knowledge of ancient Hebrew medicine during the 1st millennium BC comes from the Torah, i. e. the Five Books of Moses, which contain various health related laws and rituals, such as isolating infected people ( Leviticus 13: 45-46 ), washing after handling a dead body ( Numbers 19: 11-19 ) and burying excrement away from camp ( Deuteronomy 23: 12-13 ).

Later, in Numbers 36, some of the heads of the families of the tribe of Mannasseh come to Moses and point out that, if a daughter inherits and then marries a man not from her paternal tribe, her land will pass from her birth-tribe's inheritance into her marriage-tribe's.

He was the Director of the names and number assignment clearinghouse, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ( IANA ), from its inception.

* 2005 – Numbers from the Beast: An All Star Salute to Iron Maiden – performs on " The Trooper "

* 1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message " What hath God wrought " ( a biblical quotation, Numbers 23: 23 ) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.

Ruth A. Drayer's book, Numerology, The Power in Numbers ( Square One Publishers ) says that around the turn of the century ( from 1800 to 1900 A. D .) Mrs. L. Dow Balliett combined Pythagoras ' work with Biblical reference.

* " Nemo ", a song by Umphrey's McGee from their album Safety in Numbers

The " Second Passover " ( Pesach Sheni ) on the 14th of Iyar in the Hebrew Calendar is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible ( Numbers 9: 6-13 ) as a make-up day for people who were unable to offer the pesach sacrifice at the appropriate time due to ritual impurity or distance from Jerusalem.

Just as on the first Pesach night, breaking bones from the second Paschal offering ( Numbers 9: 12 ) or leaving meat over until morning ( Numbers 9: 12 ) is prohibited.

Annie Ellsworth chose these words from the Bible ( Numbers 23: 23 ); her father, U. S. Patent Commissioner Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, had championed Morse's invention and secured early funding for it.

The original Hebrew term, satan, is a noun from a verb meaning primarily to, “ obstruct, oppose ,” as it is found in Numbers 22: 22, 1 Samuel 29: 4, Psalms 109: 6.

Numbers in the range 1. 0 – 915. 0 ( Gl numbers ) are from the second edition, which was

Numbers in the range 9001 – 9850 ( Wo numbers ) are from the supplement

Numbers in the ranges 1000 – 1294 and 2001 – 2159 ( GJ numbers ) are from the supplement