Numbers 17:7

Numbers 17:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
• New International Version (NIV)Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the covenant law.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Moses deposited the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Moses placed the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.

Context of Numbers 17:7

5Leaves will start to grow on the stick of the man that I have chosen as priest. In that way I will stop the bad words that the Israelites are always saying against you.’ 6Moses spoke to the Israelites and the leaders gave him 12 sticks. Moses put the sticks in front of the Covenant Box of the Lord in the Tent of Meeting. 8The next day, Moses went to the Tent of Meeting. He saw that the stick of the tribe of Levi had started to make leaves. That stick had the name of Aaron on it. Flowers and almonds were growing on it! 9Moses brought all the sticks out of the Tent of Meeting. He showed them to the leaders and they saw what had happened. Each leader took his own stick.

Numbers 17:7 word by word

וַיַּנַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־הַמַּטֹּ֖ת לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּאֹ֖הֶל הָעֵדֻֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• laid upיָנַחyânach · to restH3240
• the rodsמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribe: rodH4294
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• in the tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• of witnessעֵדוּת‛êdûth · testimonyH5715

Cross-references for Numbers 17:7

• Numbers 18:2Bring the people of your tribe, the Levites, to the Tent of Meeting.
• Exodus 38:21This is a list of the materials that the workers used to make the tabernacle with the Covenant Box inside it. Moses commanded the Levites to write this list. Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest, was the leader of this work.
• Acts 7:44When our ancestors were in the wilderness, they carried a special tent with them. It showed that God was there with them and that is where they worshipped him. God showed Moses how he should make that tent. The people made it in the way that God had said.

Commentaries on Numbers 17:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13The Lord gave another test to make the lesson clear. This test repeated the teaching from the events in chapter 16. It also prepared the people for the instructions that follow in chapter 18.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 17:7

• Miracles
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

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

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