Numbers 26:3

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“So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,”

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BSBPD

“So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Moses speaketh--Eleazar the priest also--with them, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, <FI>near<Fi> Jericho, saying,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 26:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 22:1Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
  2. Numbers 26:63These 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.
  3. Numbers 31:12They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  4. Numbers 33:48They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  5. Numbers 35:1Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
  6. Deuteronomy 4:46while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
  7. Deuteronomy 34:1Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
  8. Deuteronomy 34:6And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
  9. Deuteronomy 34:8The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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