Numbers 26:3

Numbers 26:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them and said,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying:

Context of Numbers 26:3

1After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, 2“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their ancestral families of those twenty years old or more who can serve in Israel’s army.” So Moses and the priest Eleazar said to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, 4“Take a census of those twenty years old or more, as the Lord had commanded Moses and the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt.” 5Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. Reuben’s descendants: the Hanochite clan from Hanoch; the Palluite clan from Pallu;

Numbers 26:3 word by word

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר מֹשֶׁ֜ה וְאֶלְעָזָ֧ר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֹתָ֖ם בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת מוֹאָ֑ב עַל־יַרְדֵּ֥ן יְרֵח֖וֹ לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• and Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with them in the plainsעֲרָבָה‛ărâbâh · Plains (of Moab)H6160
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · (Plains of) MoabH4124
• by Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• Jerichoיְרִיחוֹyerîychô yerêchô yerîychôh · JerichoH3405
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Numbers 26:3

• Numbers 1:1The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt:
• 1 Chronicles 21:1Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to count the people of Israel.

Commentaries on Numbers 26:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4As in the first census, Moses and Eleazar directed the counting of the people. Eleazar had taken Aaron’s place as high priest. They gave instructions to the tribal leaders about how to record the numbers of the men.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-511. after the plague--That terrible visitation had swept away the remnant of the old generation, to whom God sware in His wrath that they should not enter Canaan (Psa 95:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 26:3

• Jericho
• Jordan
• Moab

In the dictionaries

• Eleazar
• Jericho
• Jordan
• Moab
• Moses
• Moab; Moabites
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Moab, Moabite
• Abelshittim
• Inheritance

Commentaries on Numbers 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings