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Numbers 35:1

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

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וַיְדַבֵּ֧רvaydaberand speakדָבַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and speak”, the next action in the storyH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.יְהוָ֛הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).מֹשֶׁ֖הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbearvotin desertעֲרָבָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “in desert”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red SeaArabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026 (בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה).מוֹאָ֑בmoavMoabמוֹאָבnoun, proper name — “Moab”H4124Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsMoab.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יַרְדֵּ֥ןyardenJordanיַרְדֵּןnoun, proper name — “Jordan”H3383Jarden, the principal river of PalestineJordan.יְרֵח֖וֹyerechvoJerichoיְרִיחוֹnoun, proper name — “Jericho”H3405Jericho or Jerecho, a place in PalestineJericho.לֵאמֹֽרlemorto sayאָמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to say”, the to-form of the verbH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying,

World English Bible

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Darby Translation

And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,

Douay-Rheims

And the Lord spoke these things also to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, over against Jericho:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Lord spoke to Moses to the west of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν ἐπὶ δυσμῶν Μωὰβ παρὰ τὸν Ἰορδάνην κατὰ Ἱεριχὼ, λέγων,