Numbers 26:3

There on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest gave the order,

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In The King James Version

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

In Context

2“Census all the Israelites by family—all those twenty years of age or older who are eligible for military service in the army of Israel.”

4“Census the men twenty years of age or older, following the instructions the Lord gave to Moses.” The following is the genealogical record of those who left the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Numbers 26:63This is the record of those who were censused by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho.

Numbers 33:48They moved on from the mountains of Abarim and set up camp on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho.

Deuteronomy 4:46This was when they were in the valley to the east of the Jordan near Beth-peor in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites. He had ruled from Heshbon and had been defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had left Egypt.

Deuteronomy 34:6He buried him in a valley there in Moab that is opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows to this day where Moses' grave is.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 26:2-5

The Numbering of the People. ( b. c. 1452.) 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, 2 Take 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. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the… Read the whole commentary →

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