Numbers 26:1–4 — The second census

This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

Readers’ Version

Literal Version

26:1 The second census

26 After the incident of the deadly disease, Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses) and Aharon’s (Aaron’s) son Eleazar the priest, 2 “Count all the Israeli people again listing all those by their clans who are twenty and over,[ref] and capable of going out to battle for Yisrael (Israel).” 3 ⇔So there in the Moav (Moab) plains, across the Yarden (Jordan) river opposite Yeriho (Jericho), Mosheh and the priest Eleazar gave these instructions to the people, 4 “Yahweh has ordered us to list the names of the men who came out from Mitsrayim (Egypt) who are twenty years old or older.

26:2: Num 1:1-46.

Literal Version NUM 25:19

19 [fn] And_he/it _was after the_plague[fn]

25:19 Note: KJB: Num.26.1

25:19 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

Literal Version NUM 26:1

26 and_ YHWH _he/it _said to Mosheh and_near/to ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer to_say.

2 Lift _up DOM the _head _of all _of the _congregation _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_a _son _of twenty year[s] and_upward_upwards to_the _house _of their _ancestors _of_their every _of one _who_goes _forth warfare in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

3 And_ Mosheh and_ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer _he/it _spoke DOM_them in_the _plains _of Mōʼāⱱ at the _Yardēn/(Jordan) of _Yərīḩō/(Jericho) to_say.

4 From_a _son _of twenty year[s] and_upward_upwards just_as YHWH he _commanded DOM Mosheh and_the _sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) who_came_out from_the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt).

OET by section NUM 26:1

The second census

Readers’ Version

Literal Version Hide marks

Literal Version