Numbers 17:8

And Moshe and Aharon came before the Ohel Mo'ed.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

In Context

7And it came to pass, when HaEdah was gathered against Moshe and against Aharon, that they looked toward the Ohel Mo'ed; and, hinei, the Anan covered it, and the Kavod Hashem appeared.

9And Hashem spoke unto Moshe saying,

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Cross References

Genesis 40:10And in the gefen were shloshah sarigim (three branches); and it was as soon as it budded, its blossom shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth anavim (ripe grapes);

Psalms 110:2Hashem shall stretch forth 1 the rod of thy might out of Tziyon; 1 rule thou in the midst of thine + 110:2 Moshiachʼs enemies. + 110:2 i.e., anti-Moshiachs 1

Song of Solomon 2:3As the tapuach (apple tree) among the trees of the wood, 1 so is dodi (my beloved) among the banim. 1 Betzilloh (in his shade, shadow) chimmadti (I desire ), + 2:3 See Song 5:16 1 and his p'ri (fruit) is sweet to my taste. 1

Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the sadeh shall know that I Hashem have brought down the high etz (tree), have exalted the low etz (tree), have dried up the green etz (tree), and have made the etz yavesh (dry tree) to flourish. I Hashem have spoken and have done it.

Ezekiel 19:14And eish is gone out of a rod of her branches, 1 which hath devoured her p'ri, 1 so that she hath no strong branch 1 to be a shevet (sceptre) to rule. 1 This is a kinah lament, 1 and shall be for a funeral dirge.

Hebrews 9:4Having a golden Mizbe'ach of ketoret (incense) and the Aron HaBrit having been covered on all sides with gold, and in which was a golden jar holding the manna and the rod of Aharon which budded, and the Luchot haBrit (the tablets of the Covenant, the Decalogue, Aseret HaDibrot).

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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