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.”

[26:2]  ¹ tn Heb “house of their fathers.”

[26:2]  ² tn Heb “everyone who goes out in the army in Israel.”

[26:3]  ³ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity (also in v. 62).

[26:3]  ⁴ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[26:4]  ⁵ tn “Number the people” is added here to the text for a smooth reading.