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

5It will come about that the rod of the man whom I choose will sprout. Thus I will lessen from upon Myself the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you.” 6Moses therefore spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave him a rod apiece, for each leader according to their fathers’ households, twelve rods, with the rod of Aaron among their rods. So Moses deposited the rods before the Lord in the tent of the testimony. 8Now on the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds. 9Moses then brought out all the rods from the presence of the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.

Numbers 17:7 word by word

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

• So Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• depositedנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• the rodsמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribe: rodH4294
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• of the testimonyעֵדוּת‛êdûth · testimonyH5715

Cross-references for Numbers 17:7

• Numbers 18:2But bring with you also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be joined with you and serve you, while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.
• Exodus 38:21This is the number of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were numbered according to the command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
• Acts 7:44“Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen.

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
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• 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