{"id":22155,"date":"2024-12-23T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=22155"},"modified":"2026-09-19T20:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:18:22","slug":"is-344-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/is-344-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"344 staat niet in de Bijbel \u2014 en de betekenisloze getallen zijn het punt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>344 does not appear in the Bible. No verse contains it and nothing is built on it. The more interesting question is why Scripture contains so many numbers like it \u2014 precise, unrepeatable totals that carry no meaning at all. Two lists that do not quite agree Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7 both record the people who came back from exile, family by family, with the count for each. They are clearly the same list. And in a number of\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>344 is not in the Bible. The numbers that carry no meaning are the point: Ezra and Nehemiah kept two lists that disagree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[223],"class_list":["post-22155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-biblical-numerology"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11509,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/aden-bible-name-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":22155,"position":0},"title":"Is Aden in the Bible? No, It Is a Spelling of the Irish Aidan","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"november 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"No one named Aden appears in the Bible. 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