Numbers 26:63

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These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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This census was taken on the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, east of Canaan, as Israel prepared to enter the promised land. It contrasts the new generation with those counted at Sinai after the exodus from Egypt, most of whom died in the wilderness under God’s judgment.

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Numbers 26:63 mentions Canaan, Egypt, Jericho, Jordan, Moab and Wilderness of Sinai.

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