Discovery BoxNumbers 26:2-4 
Context26:2 “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
Context26:63 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.
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.
