Bible Strands
Numbers 26:63
These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator concludes the tribal tallies on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, immediately after listing the Levite registration.
The words — פְּקוּדֵ֣י (pe.ku.Dei) identifies the enrolled men, and the verb פָּֽקְד֜וּ (pa.ke.Du) literally states they enrolled or numbered them.
The thread — The location and leadership parallel the census command in Numbers 26:3, while Numbers 26:64 explicitly contrasts this count with the earlier Sinai registration.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition of administrative continuity under Moses and Eleazar while marking a clear historical boundary between the old wilderness generation and the new census.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
These 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.
Cross-references
- Numbers 26:3 So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,