The ¹  number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; ²  I heard their number.

This calls for wisdom: ¹  Let the one who has insight calculate the beast’s number, for it is man’s number, ²  and his number is 666. ³ 

A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways. ¹ 

So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day. ¹ 

A great number of the people followed him, among them women ¹  who were mourning ²  and wailing for him.

More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, ¹  crowds of both men and women.

The ¹  hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed ²  turned ³  to the Lord.

While we remained there for a number of days, ¹  a prophet named Agabus ²  came down from Judea.

Jesus said, “Have ¹  the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) ²  So the men ³  sat down, about five thousand in number.

praising God and having the good will ¹  of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day ²  those who were being saved.

But many of those who had listened to ¹  the message ²  believed, and the number of the men ³  came to about five thousand.

The word of God continued to spread, ¹  the number of disciples in Jerusalem ²  increased greatly, and a large group ³  of priests became obedient to the faith.

“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, ¹  the people increased greatly in number ²  in Egypt,

because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people ¹  were brought to the Lord.

Thus no one was allowed to buy ¹  or sell things ²  unless he bore ³  the mark of the beast – that is, his name or his number. ⁴ 

He told them, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” ¹  So they threw the net, ²  and were not able to pull it in because of the large number of fish.

Now in those ¹  days, when the disciples were growing in number, ²  a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews ³  against the native Hebraic Jews, ⁴  because their widows ⁵  were being overlooked ⁶  in the daily distribution of food. ⁷ 

And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, “Though the number of the children ¹  of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,

For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, ¹  so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel ²  until the full number ³  of the Gentiles has come in.

So in fact children ¹  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand ²  on the seashore. ³