Numbers 17:5

It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. I will make the murmurings of the children of Israel [God prevails], which they murmur against you, cease from me.”

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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

4You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

6Moses [Drawn out] spoke to the children of Israel [God prevails]; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods. Aaron [Light-bringer]’s rod was among their rods.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:51When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites [Descendants of United with] shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites [Descendants of United with] shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

Numbers 16:11Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against Adonai! What is Aaron [Light-bringer] that you murmur against him?”

Numbers 17:10+ 17:10 Hebrew ch 17 v. 25 Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “Put back the rod of Aaron [Light-bringer] + 17:10. Quoted in Heb 9:4 before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die.”

Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, 2 and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, 2 so their root shall be as rottenness, 2 and their blossom shall go up as dust; 1 because they have rejected the Torah ·Teaching· of Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], 2 and despised the word of haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails]. 1

Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their depravity (moral evil). I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the haughtiness of the terrible.

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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