Books of the Bible / Numbers
Random Verse from Numbers
Roll a random verse from Numbers -- 36 chapters, 1,288 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled something at him while lying in wait, so that he died,”
Numbers 35:20
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Numbers (summary)
Numbers is book 4 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 36 chapters and 1,288 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Numbers compared to other books of the Bible?
Numbers is the 5th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 1,288 verses across 36 chapters -- an average of 35.8 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does Numbers sit among the other Old Testament books?
Numbers is book 4 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 4 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Numbers?
Leviticus comes directly before it (27 chapters). Deuteronomy comes directly after it (34 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 1,288 verses in Numbers -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.