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,
• 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:
• New Living Translation (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:

Context of Numbers 26:3

1After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest, 2"Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war." And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 4"Take a census of the people, from twenty years old and upward," as the Lord commanded Moses. The people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were: 5Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;

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 wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
• 1 Chronicles 21:1Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number 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