lacks in faith and the possession of the land is left to a new generation.

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The Book of Numbers' name is the translation of , meaning 'numbers', the name of the book in the Septuagint, which comes from the two major censuses (numberings) recorded in the text, detailing counts of various groups of Israelites.

Consistent with the naming convention for the Torah, in Hebrew the book's title is ?????, bemidbar, meaning "in the desert" or "in the wilderness", a word taken from the beginning of the text:

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