Thursday, September 12, 2024

23.10.24: Level 2; every number you could imagine [1]

And if you want even more practice with numbers, the Bible has a whole book of them. From the Book of Numbers 31 verses 32 - 40 (Vulgate)

Complete the translation with the missing numbers.

[32] fuit autem praeda quam exercitus ceperat ovium sescenta septuaginta quinque milia

The valuable property remaining from the spoils of war that the people of the army had taken was [i] __________ sheep

[33] boum septuaginta duo milia

[ii] __________ oxen

[34] asinorum sexaginta milia et mille

[iii] __________ donkeys

[35] animae hominum sexus feminei quae non cognoverant viros triginta duo milia

and [iv] __________ women who hadn't known a man intimately by sleeping with him.

[36] dataque est media pars his qui in proelio fuerant ovium trecenta triginta septem milia quingenta

The half-share of those who had gone out to battle numbered [v] __________ sheep,

[37] equibus in partem Domini supputatae sunt oves sescentae septuaginta quinque

of which the LORD's tribute was [vi] __________.

[38] et de bubus triginta sex milibus boves septuaginta duo

The oxen were [vii] __________, of which the LORD's tribute was [viii] __________.

[39] de asinis triginta milibus quingentis asini sexaginta unus

The donkeys were [ix] __________, of which the LORD's tribute was [x] __________.

[40] de animabus hominum sedecim milibus cesserunt in partem Domini triginta duae animae

Humans were [xi] __________, of which the LORD's tribute was [xii] __________ persons.

32; 61; 72; 675; 16,000; 30,500; 32,000; 36,000; 61,000; 72,000; 337,500; 675,000


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