Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/144 - Biblical Arithmetic

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $144$

If you multiply the number of Jacob's sons by the number of times which the Israelites compassed Jericho on the seventh day,

and add to the product the number of measures of barley which Boaz gave Ruth,

divide this by the number of Haman's sons,

subtract the number of each kind of clean beasts that went into the Ark,

multiply by the number of men that went to seek Elijah after he was taken to Heaven,

subtract from this Joseph's age at the time he stood before Pharaoh,

add the number of stones in David's bag when he killed Goliath,

subtract the number of furlongs that Bethany was distant from Jerusalem,

divide by the number of anchors cast out when Paul was shipwrecked,

subtract the number of persons saved in the Ark,

and the answer will be the number of pupils in a certain Sunday school class.

How many people in the class?

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