So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying:
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,
- BSB So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
- 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 22:1The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
- Num 33:48They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
- Num 35:1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
- Num 26:63These are those who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
- Deut 34:6He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows where his tomb is to this day.
- Deut 4:46–49beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck, when they came out of Egypt.
- Deut 34:8The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
- Num 31:12They brought the captives, and the prey, and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
- Deut 34:1Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,
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