Numbers 17:4

Numbers 17:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
• New International Version (NIV)Place them in the tent of meeting in front of the ark of the covenant law, where I meet with you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then you shall place them in the tabernacle of meeting before the Testimony, where I meet with you.

Context of Numbers 17:4

2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff. 3And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for [each] head of their fathers' houses. And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. 5And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his staff shall bud forth; and I will make to cease from before me the murmurings of the children of Israel, that they murmur against you. 6And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their princes gave him a staff, one staff for each prince according to their fathers' houses, twelve staves, and the staff of Aaron was among their staves.

Numbers 17:4 word by word

וְהִנַּחְתָּ֖ם בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד לִפְנֵי֙ הָֽעֵד֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֛ר אִוָּעֵ֥ד לָכֶ֖ם שָֽׁמָּה׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Numbers 17:4

• Exodus 25:16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
• Exodus 29:42It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you, to speak there with thee.
• Exodus 30:6And thou shalt put it in front of the veil which is before the ark of the testimony in front of the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

Commentaries on Numbers 17:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Before the testimony - See Numbers 17:10 note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The staffs were in the Lord's presence, a safe place where no one could interfere with them (17:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-132-5. Speak unto the children of Israel--The controversy with Moses and Aaron about the priesthood was of such a nature and magnitude as required a decisive and authoritative settlement. For the removal of all doubts and the silencing of all murmuring in the future regarding the holder of the office, a miracle was wrought of a remarkable character and permanent duration; and in the manner of performing it, all the people were made to have a direct and…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 17:4

• Levites
• Mercy-Seat
• Miracles
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Exodus
• Prince
• Rebel
• Aaron's Rod
• Abiram
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Dathan
• Dathema

Commentaries on Numbers 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings