Numbers 26:2-4

26:2 “Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, ¹  everyone who can serve in the army of Israel.” ²  26:3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River ³  across from Jericho. ⁴  They said, 26:4 “Number the people ⁵  from twenty years old and upward, just as the Lord commanded Moses and the Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt.”

Numbers 26:63-64

26:63 These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab along the Jordan River opposite Jericho. ⁶  26:64 But there was not a man among these who had been ⁷  among those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai.

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¹ tn Heb “house of their fathers.”

² tn Heb “everyone who goes out in the army in Israel.”

³ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity (also in v. 62).

⁴ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁵ tn “Number the people” is added here to the text for a smooth reading.

⁶ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁷ tn “who had been” is added to clarify the text.