Números 26:3

3 Falaram-lhes, pois, Moisés e Eleazar o sacerdote, nas planícies de Moabe, junto ao Jordão, na altura de Jericó, dizendo:

Números 26:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 26:3

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them
With the children of Israel, with the heads of them, their chief and principal, to assist in taking the number of the people; as when they were numbered thirty years ago, when a prince out of each tribe was taken to be with Aaron and Moses in doing that business; but those princes were now all dead, and another race succeeded, who were now employed in this service; so the Targum of Jonathan says, they spoke with the rulers, and ordered them to number them:

in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho:
or of Jericho, as the same Targum, on the other side of Jordan to that on which Jericho stood; for as yet the children of Israel had not passed that river, nor entered into the land of Canaan, in which Jericho was, but they were now opposite it; (See Gill on Numbers 22:1):

saying;
as follows.

Números 26:3 In-Context

1 Depois daquela praga disse o Senhor a Moisés e a Eleazar, filho do sacerdote Arão:

2 Tomai a soma de toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel, da idade de vinte anos para cima, segundo as casas e seus pais, todos os que em Israel podem sair � guerra.

3 Falaram-lhes, pois, Moisés e Eleazar o sacerdote, nas planícies de Moabe, junto ao Jordão, na altura de Jericó, dizendo:

4 Contai o povo da idade de vinte anos para cima; como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés e aos filhos de Israel que saíram da terra do Egito.

5 Rúben, o primogênito de Israel; os filhos de Rúben: de Hanoque, a família dos hanoquitas; de Palu, a família dos paluítas;