New English Translation
Numbers 26:3
3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said,
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 to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, 2“Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, everyone who can serve in the army of Israel.” So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said, 4“Number the people from twenty years old and upward, just as the Lord commanded Moses and the Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt.” 5Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
Read all of Numbers 26Numbers 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 1:1Now the 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 the Israelites departed from the land of Egypt. He said:
- 1 Chronicles 21:1An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.
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
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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
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