Numbers 26:1

WEB

It happened after the plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

KJV

And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Commentary

And it came to pass after the plague,.... Related in the preceding chapter; how long after is not certain, perhaps bef ore the war with Midian, exhorted to in the latter part of the foregoing chapter, and of which an account is given, Num 31:1 , that the Lord spake unto Moses; out of the tabernacle, or out of the cloud: and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest; the Lord had been used to speak to Moses and to Aaron; but now Aaron being dead, and Eleazar his son succeeding him in the priesthood, is joined with Moses, and the order here given is directed to them both: saying: as follows.