Numbers 14:39

14:39 When Moses told these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.

Numbers 26:3

26:3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said,

Numbers 33:50

At the Border of Canaan

33:50 The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said:

Numbers 35:1

The Levitical Cities

35:1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. He said:


tn The preterite here is subordinated to the next preterite to form a temporal clause.

tn The word אָבַל (’aval) is rare, used mostly for mourning over deaths, but it is used here of mourning over bad news (see also Exod 33:4; 1 Sam 15:35; 16:1; etc.).

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

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

sn This section has two main parts, the Levitical cities (vv. 1-8) and the Cities of Refuge (vv. 9-34).

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