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Numbers 17:7 KJV
Numbers · chapter 17 · verse 7
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.Numbers 17:7 · King James Version
Numbers 17:7 in context
5And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
6And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
8And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
9And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tabernacleʼôhela tentH168 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- rodsmaṭṭeha branchH4294 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here we have, I. Orders given for the bringing in of a rod for every tribe (which was peculiarly significant, for the word here used for a rod sometimes signifies a tribe, as particularly Num 34:13), that God by a miracle, wrought on purpose, might make it known on whom he had conferred the honour of the priesthood.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7