Numbers 35:1
in Numbers 35Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
KJV
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
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This verse in Numbers 35
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
on the plains of Moab by the Jordan
on Numbers 35:1-2
Levi, given no land at 18:20, now receives forty-eight towns set inside the other tribes' portions. Genesis 49:7 had said "I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel". Matthew Henry reads the scattering here as a posting through the whole country.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the Lord spake to Moses,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Adonoy spoke to Moshe in the plains of Moav by the Yardein near Yereicho, saying:
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת | bearvot | in [the] plains of | H6160 → | 61 times |
| מוֹאָ֑ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יַרְדֵּ֥ן | yarden | [the] Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| יְרֵח֖וֹ | yerecho | of Jericho | H3405 → | 57 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְדַבֵּ֧רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֖הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תin [the] plains of
bearvotH6160 →61 times
מוֹאָ֑בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
עַל־at
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יַרְדֵּ֥ן[the] Jordan
yardenH3383 →182 times
יְרֵח֖וֹof Jericho
yerechoH3405 →57 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 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
Numbers 31:12They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
it leads to
- Numbers 22:1
Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 22:1
Through
Numbers 36:13These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:34
These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
- Leviticus 26:46
These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.
- Leviticus 27:34
Through
Numbers 22:1Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
it leads to
- Joshua 3:16
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
- Numbers 21:20
and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
- Numbers 34:15
These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
- Deuteronomy 1:5
On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
- Deuteronomy 34:8
The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
- Joshua 3:16
Where this verse is studied
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 John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
