KJV King James Version
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho, saying,
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Numbers 26:3
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho, saying,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
WEB World English Bible
Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
ASV American Standard Version
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses speaketh—Eleazar the priest also—with them, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho, saying,
Surrounding context — 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,
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 LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, [of whom cometh] the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְדַבֵּ֨רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakמֹשֶׁ֜הH4872 · mo.shehMosesוְאֶלְעָזָ֧רH499 · el.a.zarEleazarהַכֹּהֵ֛ןH3548 · ko.henpriestאֹתָ֖םH854 · etwithבְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תH6160 · a.ra.vahArabahמוֹאָ֑בH4124 · mo.avMoabעַל־H5921 · aluponיַרְדֵּ֥ןH3383 · yar.denJordanיְרֵח֖וֹH3405 · ye.ri.choJerichoלֵאמֹֽר׃H559 · a.marto say
Cross-references
Numbers 22:1And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan [by] Jericho.Numbers 33:48And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.Numbers 35:1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho, saying,Numbers 26:63These [are] they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.Deuteronomy 34:8And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses were ended.Deuteronomy 4:46-49On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:Numbers 31:12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan [near] Jericho.Deuteronomy 34:1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that [is] over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,Deuteronomy 34:6And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
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