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Biblical figures? (7)

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numbers

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'figures?' is the definition.
(figure is a kind of number)

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(Other definitions for numbers that I've seen before include "which may knock you out?" , "Principal features of mathematics" , "Fourth OT book - figures" , "Fourth book of the Bible" , "Old Testament book -- narcotics?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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