Numbers 26:3
1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
- KJV
- And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
- WEB
- Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
- ASV
- And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
- DARBY
- And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,
- BLB
- And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [near] Jericho, saying,
- ÅB
- Og Moses og Eleasar, presten, talte med dem på Moabs ødemarker ved Jordan, midt imot Jeriko, og sa:
- OTB
- Så talte Moses og Eleasar, presten, til dem på Moabs sletter ved Jordan, rett overfor Jeriko, og sa:
- B1930
- Og Moses og Eleasar, presten, talte med dem på Moabs ødemarker ved Jordan, midt imot Jeriko, og sa:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 22:1
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Read in contextNumbers 33:48
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Read in contextNumbers 26:63
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Read in contextNumbers 35:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Read in contextNumbers 31:12
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:6
And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:1
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:8
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
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