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.
These are the people who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they took a census of the Israelites in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River near Jericho.
This verse identifies that Moses and Eleazar conducted a census of the Israelites while they were camped near the Promised Land, ready to enter it.
📚 Historical Context
This census took place at the end of Israel's 40-year wilderness journey, as they camped on the eastern side of the Jordan River, directly across from Jericho. It was the second major census recorded in Numbers (the first was in chapter 1), showing how God had preserved and multiplied His people despite their disobedience and the deaths of the rebellious generation. Eleazar had replaced his father Aaron as high priest after Aaron's death.
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