Numbers 26:64

Translations

Modern

Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Traditional

But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

Literal

And among these there was not a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the sons of Israel in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Latin

…inter quos, nullus fuit eorum qui ante numerati sunt a Moyse et Aaron in deserto Sinai:

Original

Hebrew

English

Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Notes

Numbers 26:63–65

The numbers in this second registration describe a completely new generation of Hebrews. Everyone who had left Egypt had died in the wilderness except Caleb and Joshua.

Joshua became the leader of Israel after Moses (27:12–23; see “Joshua” Profile). Caleb also later played an important role in Israel’s history (see “Caleb” Profile).

Numbers 26 shows an important change. The earlier generation had lived under God’s judgment because of their unbelief (chapter 14). Now a new generation stood ready for the future, just as Balaam’s four prophecies had promised (chapters 23–24).

Numbers 26:1–65

After nearly 40 years, Israel registered their men of military age again. This was while camping on the plains of Moab across from Jericho (compare chapters 1–4). The overall population changed only slightly, with 603,550 in the first registration and 601,730 in the second. This nearly complete replacement of the population showed that the Lord remained faithful to Israel despite their repeated acts of rebellion (26:63–65).

Related verses

Deuteronomy 2:14–15
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
Deuteronomy 4:3–4
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
Numbers 14:29
Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
Hebrews 3:17
And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
Numbers 1:1–2
On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
1 Corinthians 10:5
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

People

Aaron: Moses' brother, first high priest of Israel Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Places

Wilderness of Sinai: Wilderness where Israel camped after leaving Egypt

Glossary

Census Deuteronomy, Book of Genealogy Numbers, Book of

Topics

Caleb: One of the Two Survivors of the Israelites Permitted to Enter the Land of Promise Desert, Journey of Israel Through The: All Formerly Numbered Over Twenty Years Old, Except Caleb Joshua: Survives the Israelites Who Refused to Enter the Promised Land Judgments: The Forty Years of Wandering, a Judgment Sin: Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: Counted In Sinai: Wilderness of Counted In

Numbers 26:64

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