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Numbers 26:3

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 26:3 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Numbers 26:3 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 26

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1And it came to pass after the plague, that Jehovah 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, by their fathers` houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.
3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
4[Take the sum of the people], from twenty years old and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.
5Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: [of] Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
6of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them, etc.] With the children of Israel, with the heads of them, their chief and principal, to assist in taking the number of the people; as when they were numbered thirty years ago, when a prince out of each tribe was taken to be with Aaron and Moses in doing that business; but those princes were now all dead, and another race succeeded, who were now employed in this service; so the Targum of Jonathan says, they spoke with the rulers, and ordered them to number them: in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho: or of Jericho, as the same Targum, on the other side of Jordan to that on which Jericho stood; for as yet the children of Israel had…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Num 26:63, Num 22:1, Num 31:12, Num 33:48, Num 35:1; Deu 4:46-49, Deu 34:1, Deu 34:6, Deu 34:8 Numbers 26:4”
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