Numbers 26:62

62 The ones counted were twenty-three thousand, every male from {a month old} and above, because they were not counted in the midst of the {Israelites} since no inheritance was given to them in the midst of the {Israelites}.

Numbers 26:62 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 26:62

(See Gill on Numbers 26:57)

Numbers 26:62 In-Context

60 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they presented strange fire {before} Yahweh.
62 The ones counted were twenty-three thousand, every male from {a month old} and above, because they were not counted in the midst of the {Israelites} since no inheritance was given to them in the midst of the {Israelites}.
63 These [were] the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the {Israelites} on the desert-plateau of Moab on [the] Jordan [across] Jericho.
64 And among these there was not a man of those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the {Israelites} in the desert of Sinai.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Literally "a son of one month"
  • [b]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
  • [c]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
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