Numbers 17:5

To be a memorial reminder unto the Bnei Yisroel, that no zar, which is not of the zera Aharon, encroach to offer ketoret before Hashem; that he be not as Korach, and as his edah, as Hashem said to him by the hand of Moshe.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

In Context

4And El'azar HaKohen took the bronze fire pans, wherewith they that were burned had offered; and they made hammered-out sheets for an overlay of the Mizbe'ach:

6But the next day Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel murmured against Moshe and against Aharon, saying, Ye have killed the Am Hashem.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:51And when the Mishkan setteth forward, the Levi'im shall take it down; and when the Mishkan is to be pitched, the Levi'im shall set it up; and the zar (stranger, outsider, unauthorized party) that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Numbers 16:11For which cause both thou and all thy edah are gathered together against Hashem; and what is Aharon, that ye murmur against him?

Numbers 17:10Get you away from among this edah, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

2 Chronicles 26:16But when he became powerful, his lev was lifted up to his downfall, for he was unfaithful against Hashem Elohav, and he entered into the Heikhal Hashem to burn ketoret upon the Mizbe'ach HaKetoret.

Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the eish licketh up the stubble, 1 and the flame consumeth the dry grass, 1 so their shoresh shall be as rottenness, 1 and their blossom shall go up as dust; 1 because they have cast away the Torat Hashem Tzva'os, 1 and spurned the word of the Kadosh Yisroel. 1

Isaiah 13:11And I will punish the tevel (world) for ra'ah, 1 and the resha'im for their avon (iniquity); 1 and I will cause the ga'on (arrogance) of the proud to cease, 1 and will lay low the ga'avah (pride) of the tyrant. 1

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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