Numbers 26:1

Numbers 26:1 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest,
• English Standard Version (ESV)After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it came to pass, after the plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying:
• New Living Translation (NLT)After the plague had ended, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,

Context of Numbers 26:1

And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Numbers 26:1 word by word

וַיְהִ֖י אַחֲרֵ֣י הַמַּגֵּפָ֑ה פ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה וְאֶ֧ל אֶלְעָזָ֛ר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹ֥ן הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

• And it came to pass afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• the plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• spakeאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• and unto Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548

Commentaries on Numbers 26:1

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1After the plague - These words serve to show approximately the date at which the census was taken, and intimate the reason for the great decrease in numbers which was found to have taken place in certain tribes. Compare Deuteronomy 4:3 and Numbers 26:5 note in this chapter.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Numbering of Israel in the plains of Moab. (1-51) The division of the land. (52-56) Number of the Levites. (57-62) None remaining of the first numbering. (63-65) Verses 1-51 Moses did not number the people but when God commanded him. We have here the families registered, as well as the tribes. The total was nearly the same as when numbered at mount Sinai. Notice is here taken of the children of Korah; they died not, as the children of Dathan and Abiram…Read the comment
• 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 26:1

• Israel

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Eleazar
• Moses
• Inheritance
• Lot
• Silly
• Abiram
• Chronology of the New Testament
• Dathan
• Dathema

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