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Mosesמֹשֶׁהand Eleazarוְאֶלְעָזָרthe priestהַכֹּהֵןspokeוַיְדַבֵּרwith themאֹתָםin the plainsבְּעַרְבֹתof Moabמוֹאָבbyעַלthe Jordanיַרְדֵּןopposite Jericho,יְרֵחוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר
Numbers 26:3
Study it in the app“Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 26:3, word by word
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- and Eleazarאֶלְעָזָרelazar
Eleazar
Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.
Where else “elazar” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- in the plainsעַרְבֹתarvot
plain
Flat, dry land, where there is almost no water.
Where else “arvot” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- the Jordanיַרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- opposite Jerichoיְרֵחוֹyerecho
Jericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yerecho” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
Places in this verse
1Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
2Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
3Jericho
Today: Jericho (Ariha), West Bank
A city in the Jordan valley, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Jerusalem and not far from the river.
It was the first city Israel took in Canaan; its walls fell (Josh 6:20). Centuries later Jesus passed through Jericho and saved Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).
The context
2“Take a census of the whole community of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, everyone who goes out to the army in Israel.”
3 · This verse (above)
4“Count those from twenty years old and upward, as YHWH commanded Moses.” And the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were these: