The Book of Numbers

Crime and punishment

The number of Israelites killed by plague for worshiping Baal of Peor	24,000 (Numbers 25:9)
The number of people taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar when he captured Jerusalem	4,600 (Jeremiah 52:30)
The number of years before Satan is released from prison	1,000 (Revelation 20:7)
The number of Benjaminites who hid in the wilderness for four months to escape the Israelites during the war that followed the rape and death of a concubine at the hands of the Benjaminite men of Gibeah	600 (Judges 20:47)
The number of men consumed by fire for setting themselves up as priests in the rebellion of Korah against Moses	250 (Numbers 16; 26:10)
The number of boys torn apart by bears in punishment for making fun of Elisha’s bald head	42 (2 Kings 2:24)
The number of days Miriam had to “bear her shame” in exile from the camp for speaking out against Moses	7 (Numbers 12:14)
The number of days Egypt remained in “thick darkness” during the ninth plague	3 (Exodus 10:22)

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