These 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB These 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.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- NASB These are the ones who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
- NLT So these are the results of the registration of the people of Israel as conducted by Moses and Eleazar the priest on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
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This census was conducted by Moses and Eleazar on the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho.
Overview
The location, the plains of Moab opposite Jericho, marks Israel poised at the very threshold of the Promised Land. The note that Eleazar now assists, in place of his father Aaron who had died, signals the passing of one generation and the dawn of the long-awaited entry into rest.
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- Num 26:3So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
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