Numbers 36:13
in Numbers 36These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
KJV
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
⋯
This verse in Numbers 36
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThese are the commandments, etc. - See these different terms analyzed and explained, Lev 26:15 (note). Thus ends the book of Numbers, containing a series of astonishing providences and events. Scarcely any piece of history in the sacred writings is better calculated to impress the mind of a serious reader with a sense of the goodness and severity of God. In every transaction his holiness and justice appear in closest union with his benevolence and mercy. From such a Being what have the wicked not to fear! From such a Father and Friend what have the upright not to hope!
This site's exposition
These are the commandments and the judgments
The book signs off by fixing a place, in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. Leviticus had closed with its commandments given in mount Sinai at 27:34, and the change of address is the measure of what happened in between. The last thing Numbers records is a case raised by ordinary men and settled in their favour, and Deuteronomy opens in these same plains with Moses beginning to speak.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), these foregoing, ever since ch. xxvi. , most of which related to their settlement in Canaan, into which they were now entering. Whatever new condition God is by his providence bringing us into, we must beg of him to teach us the duty of it, and to enable us to do it, that we may do the work of the day in its day, of the place in its place.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
These are the commandments and the judgments,.... The judicial laws concerning the division of the land of Canaan, the case of inheritances in it, and the cities of refuge: which the Lord commanded by, the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel, in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho; where the Israelites had been ever since they were first observed by Balak king of Moab, and where the various things had been done recorded in the preceding chapters from that time.
The family they belonged to was part of that half of the tribe of Manasseh which we yet to have their lot within Jordan, not that half that was already settled; and yet they speak of the land of their possession, and the inheritance of their fathers, with as great assurance as if they had it already in their hands, knowing whom they had trusted.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab--The Israelitish encampment was on an extensive plateau north of the Arnon, which, though wrested from the Moabites by Sihon and Og, still retained the name of its original possessors.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-run:26w-of-56
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֣לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| הַמִּצְוֹ֞ת | hamitzvot | [are] the commandments | H4687 → | 181 times |
| וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗ים | vehamishpatim | and the judgments | H4941 → | 422 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֧ה | tzivah | he commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת | bearvot | in [the] plains of | H6160 → | 61 times |
| מוֹאָ֔ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יַרְדֵּ֥ן | yarden | [the] Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| יְרֵחֽוֹ׃ | yerecho | of Jericho | H3405 → | 57 times |
אֵ֣לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
הַמִּצְוֹ֞ת[are] the commandments
hamitzvotH4687 →181 times
וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗יםand the judgments
vehamishpatimH4941 →422 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֧הhe commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּיַד־by [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
מֹשֶׁ֖הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תin [the] plains of
bearvotH6160 →61 times
מוֹאָ֔בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
עַ֖לat
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
יַרְדֵּ֥ן[the] Jordan
yardenH3383 →182 times
יְרֵחֽוֹ׃of Jericho
yerechoH3405 →57 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 26:46These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:34
These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
- Deuteronomy 6:1
These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
- Deuteronomy 12:1
These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
- Leviticus 25:1
Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
- Deuteronomy 13:4
You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
- Leviticus 27:34
Through
Leviticus 27:34These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:46
These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.
- Numbers 1:1
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…
- Hebrews 12:18–25
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
- Leviticus 26:46
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Numbers
Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus and Wilderness PeriodMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.
- PlaceJordan valleyJerichoThe city of palms whose walls fell flat at the seventh trumpet-circuit; Rahab's city, later rebuilt under a curse, and the road do…
- PlaceTransjordanMoabThe high country east of the Dead Sea, home of Lot's descendants, where Balak hired Balaam, where Ruth was born, and where Moses l…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.