Numbers 17:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
Exodus 4:17And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.
Numbers 1:5And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 7:1And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them;
2 Chronicles 31:17and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their courses;
Psalms 125:3For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 17:2-8
The Blossoming of Aaron's Rod. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the… Read the whole commentary →