Number מִסְפָּר

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Sep 16, 2026 · 3m

We are starting today with the book of Numbers. We are in chapter one with our word for today which is also the name of the book. מִסְפָּר number, quantity, counted, countable, few. It is used 134 times in the Old Testament, 14 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of inventory, a detailed list of all items in one’s possession or names in a group. Ezra 1:9 And this was מִסְפָּרָ֑ם the number of them: 30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers. Ezra 8:34 The whole was בְּמִסְפָּ֥ר counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded. Nehemiah 7:7-8 מִסְפַּ֕ר…