So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
- KJV And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
- NKJV So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying:
- NASB So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
- NLT So there on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued these instructions to the leaders of Israel:
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Quick answer
Moses and Eleazar address the people on the plains of Moab near the Jordan, opposite Jericho. The census is conducted at the very edge of the Promised Land.
Overview
The location, just across the Jordan from Jericho, highlights that Israel stands poised to enter Canaan. Moses and Eleazar together carry out God's command, embodying the continuity of leadership into the new generation. The setting underscores the nearness of the long-awaited fulfillment of God's promise.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Num 22:1Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- Num 33:48They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Num 35:1Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
- Num 26:63These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- Deut 34:6And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
- Deut 4:46–49while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
- Deut 34:8The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
- Num 31:12They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Deut 34:1Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
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