Numbers 17:2
'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and take from them each a rod, for a father's house, from all their princes, for the house of their fathers, twelve rods; the name of each thou dost write on his rod,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his [is] the obedience of peoples.
Exodus 4:17and this rod thou dost take in thy hand, with which thou doest the signs.'
Numbers 1:5'And these [are] the names of the men who stand with you: 'For Reuben — Elizur son of Shedeur.
Numbers 7:1And it cometh to pass on the day of Moses' finishing setting up the tabernacle, that he anointeth it, and sanctifieth it, and all its vessels, and the altar, and all its vessels, and he anointeth them, and sanctifieth them,
2 Chronicles 31:17and the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and of the Levites, from a son of twenty years and upward, in their charges, in their courses;
Psalms 125:3For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.
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 →