Bible Strands
Numbers 36:13
These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD issues directives to the Israelites through Moses while the camp remains on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, opposite Jericho.
The words — The verse begins with אֵלֶּה ('E.leh), meaning "these," followed by מִצְוֹת (mitz.Vot, "commandments") and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mish.pa.Tim, "judgments"), which the text identifies as what Yahweh commanded through Moses.
The thread — Comparable closing formulas appear in Leviticus 27:34 and Leviticus 26:46, but the latter employs "statutes, ordinances, and laws" and anchors the instruction at Mount Sinai, whereas Numbers 22:1 verifies the current location on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho.
Why it lands — The text operates as a formal boundary marker, instructing the reader to regard the preceding regulations as authoritative divine instruction delivered through a named mediator at a documented historical moment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 27:34 These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
- Leviticus 26:46 These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.
- Numbers 22:1 Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- Leviticus 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,
- Leviticus 11:46 This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.
- Leviticus 13:59 This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”
- Leviticus 14:54 This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,
- Leviticus 15:32 This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,
- Numbers 26:3 So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
- Numbers 33:50 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,