Numbers 17:7
And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 17:7 in other translations
| BSB | Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony. |
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| WEB | Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony. |
| ASV | And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony. |
| YLT | and Moses placeth the rods before Jehovah, in the tent of the testimony. |
| DARBY | And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony. |
| BBE | And Moses put the rods before the Lord in the Tent of witness. |
| Webster | And Moses laid the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. |
What does Numbers 17:7 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 17:1-7
It is an instance of the grace of God, that, having wrought divers miracles to punish sin, he would work one more to prevent it. Twelve rods or staves were to be brought in. It is probable that they were the staves which the princes used as ensigns of their authority; old dry staves, that had no sap in them. They were to expect that the rod of the tribe, or prince, whom God chose to the priesthood, should bud and…
Numbers 17:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 17:7
- Acts 7:44
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
- Exodus 38:21
This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
- Numbers 18:2
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
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Context
- Numbers 17:6
And 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.
- Numbers 17:7
And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
- Numbers 17:8
And 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.
Numbers 17:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Moisés puso las varas delante de Jehová en el tabernáculo del testimonio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arriva, comme l’assemblée se réunissait contre Moïse et contre Aaron, qu’ils regardèrent vers la tente d’assignation, et voici, la nuée la couvrit, et la gloire de l’ Éternel apparut. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Mose legte die Stäbe vor Jehova nieder in das Zelt des Zeugnisses. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quas cum posuisset Moyses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii, |