Numbers 17:2

and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, Take up the brazen censers out of the midst of the men that have been burnt, and scatter the strange fire yonder, for they have sanctified the censers

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And the Lord said to Moses,

3of these sinners against their own souls, and do thou make them beaten plates a covering to the altar, because they were brought before the Lord and hallowed; and they became a sign to the children of Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:10A ruler shall not fail from Juda, nor a prince from his + 49:10 Gr. thighs.loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and he is the expectation of nations.

Exodus 4:17And this rod that was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt work miracles.

Numbers 1:5And these are the names of the men who shall be present with you; of the tribe of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sediur.

Numbers 7:1And it came to pass in the day in which Moses finished + 7:1 Gr. so as to set up.the setting-up of the tabernacle, that he anointed it, and consecrated it, and all its furniture, and the altar and all its furniture, he even anointed them, and consecrated them.

2 Chronicles 31:17This is the distribution of the priests according to the houses of their families; and the Levites in their daily courses from twenty years old and upward were in their order,

Psalms 125:3The Lord has done great things among them. The Lord has done great things for us, we became joyful.

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 →

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