CALCULATIONS

Twelve baskets , add twelve tribes
Subtract the Laws on Mount Sinai
Divide by Isaac's loving sons
Jacob and Esau were their names
Times the loaves and plus the fish
Then add the crosses on the hill
If you're following the test
You've reached the years in the wilderness
But now its time to move along
Take off the journeys of St Paul
And add the stones which David had
To fight the giant man from Gath
Now take the sons of Zebedee
To multiply your answer please
Add on the dips which Naaman took
To cleanse him in the Jordan brook
Now add the digits that you find
Times Noah's family safe inside
The end is very soon to come
But first subtract all Jesse's sons
Divide by all the types of ground
The farmer threw the seed around
Add on the churches to which John wrote
In his vision in the final book
Remove the days that God did use
To make the earth that we abuse
To get the answer that you wish
Times Jonah's days inside the fish
The answer that I hope you find
To all your sums is ninety nine
But one is still outside the fold
Lost and wandering , all alone
The shepherd wants to bring you home
If you He seeks than let Him know