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Numbers 17:10

And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring- Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels, against the children of rebellion, against any persons that were filled with dissatisfied notions and with false ambitions over against the chosen priest of the Lord; and thou shall quite take away their murmurings from Me that they die not. Even in this instance the Lord had the welfare of His people in mind, in guarding against their own foolishness.

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See also Numbers 17:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE TESTIMONY - i. e. the two tables of the Law; compare Exodus 25:16 note. No doubt the rod lay in front of the tables within the ark. In the days of Solomon 1 Kings 8:9 there was nothing in the ark...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    7. THE PRIESTHOOD OF AARON CONFIRMED CHAPTER 17 _ 1. The divine command (Numbers 17:1)_ 2. The rods before Jehovah (Numbers 17:6) 3. The blossoming rod of Aaron (Numbers 17:8) Little comment is

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BUDDING OF AARON'S ROD (from P). The superiority of Levi over the other tribes is finally vindicated through the budding of the rod of Aaron (the representative of that tribe) when a rod for each...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SAID. See note on Numbers 3:40. TESTIMONY. the ark of the covenant, as in Numbers 17:4. REBELS. Hebrew sons of rebellion. Genitive of character. rebellious ones. TAKE AWAY. assuage, or, abate, as in...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Put back the_ STAFF _of Aaron_ Cf. Hebrews 9:4. _the_ SONS _of rebellion_ A common Heb. idiom to express a quality or characteristic; cf. 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Samuel 7:10;...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 164 AARON’S ROD THAT BUDDED Numbers 17:10. _And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    F. BUDDING OF AARON'S ROD (NUMBERS 17) TEXT Numbers 17:1. 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 th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, BRING AARON'S ROD AGAIN BEFORE THE TESTIMONY, TO BE KEPT FOR A TOKEN AGAINST THE REBELS; AND THOU SHALT QUITE TAKE AWAY THEIR MURMURINGS FROM ME, THAT THEY DIE NOT._ Br...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BEFORE THE TESTIMONY] According to Hebrews 9:4 the rod was kept in the ark. This, however, is nowhere asserted in OT. and may be a later tradition: cp. 1 Kings 8:9. 12, 13. The people are awe-struck...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AARON'S AUTHORITY CONFIRMED Korah and his followers having questioned the authority of Aaron and the claim of his family to the priesthood, the matter is put beyond the possibility of further doubt b...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 17 AARON’S STICK – NUMBERS 17:1-13 V1 The *LORD said to Moses, V2 ‘Speak to the *Israelites. Tell th

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BRING AARON’S RED AGAIN BEFORE THE TESTIMONY. — Better, _Put back_ (literally, _make to return_)_ Aaron’s rod_... It is not stated here that the rod was put within the ark. Nor is it so stated in Exod...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Numbers 17:25]_ וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֗ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM Numbers 16:1; Numbers 17:1 BEHIND what appears in the history, there must have been many movements of thought and causes of discontent which gradually led to the events we n...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE BUDDING OF AARON'S ROD Numbers 17:1 The controversy about the priesthood needed authoritative settlement, and to remove all grounds of dissension a notable sign was wrought on Aaron's rod. “The m...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    That the murmuring of the people against the divine government was an evil thing is emphasized by the fact that a supernatural sign was given in final vindication of Aaron's position. The reason for g...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their (e) murmurings from me, that they die not....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Testimony. St. Paul (Hebrews ix. 4,) says it was in the ark. See Deuteronomy xxxi. 26. (Calmet) --- It was not the rod with which so many miracles had been wrought. (Tirinus)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Paul hath recorded this circumstance in his epistle to the Hebrews. Hebrews 9:4. But certainly a great deal of gospel is veiled under it. It is JESUS and his perpetual presence, that takes away the gr...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    10._And the Lord said unto Moses. _What God had prescribed concerning the censers, He now commands as to the rod, _i.e., _that it should be preserved as a monument for future ages; because men are for...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 18. From chapter 17 to 20 this subject is set forth with the circumstances relative to it. First, the authority of Aaron is established by signs sh...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES,.... After the rods had been viewed, and every prince took his rod, and full satisfaction was given that the priesthood belonged to Aaron, by the budding and blossoming of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. Ver....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _To be kept for a token_ It is probable, the buds, and blossoms, and fruit, (all which could never have grown together, but by miracle,) continued fresh, the same power which produced them in a night,...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Aarons rod among all the rods of the Tribes onely flourisheth. 10 It is left for a monument against the rebels. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    AARON'S ROD BUDDING (vs.1-13) Though God had shown His deep displeasure against those who challenged the priesthood of Aaron, he used this occasion to illustrate the truth concerning the positive sid...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    REBELS: _ Heb._ children of rebellion...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-13 While all the other rods remained as they were. Aaron's rod became a living branch. In some places there were buds, in others blossoms, in others fruit, at the same time; all this was miraculous...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    For if after all these warnings and prohibitions, backed with such miracles and judgments, they shall usurp the priesthood, they shall assuredly die for it....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    & Num 18:1-32 These two Chapter s form a distinct section in which we have presented to us the source, the responsibilities, and the privileges of priesthood. Priesthood is a divine institution. "No m...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Numbers 17:10 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 Bring H7725 Aarons H175 rod H4294 back H7725 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AARON'S ROD IS LAID UP ‘BEFORE THE TESTIMONY' TO PUT AN END TO THEIR MURMURING (NUMBERS 17:10). Numbers 17:10 ‘And Yahweh said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept f...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Aaron's rod that budded. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: Fruitfulness is the best evidence of a divine call. The plants of God's setting will flourish. KEY WORD: Chosen, Number...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Numbers 17:8. _The rod of Aaron was budded._ In this sign there could be no imposition. The sedition was suppressed by the decision of God, who graciously in this way condescended to settle forever al...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi._ AARON’S ROD I. Instructive to the Israelites. 1. An end hereby put to murmuring. By an incontrovertible sign they knew who was the true priest. 2. A prev...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 17:1__ This procedure showed who had the right to approach God (Numbers 16:5)....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 17:10 The miraculous STAFF was kept in the ark (BEFORE THE TESTIMONY) as a SIGN and a warning (see note on Heb. 9:4)....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter the High-priesthood of Aaron is further confirmed by a supernatural and significant sign. Numbers 17:4. _The testimony_, “_i.e._, the Two Tables of the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION AARON'S ROD THAT BUDDED (Numbers 17:1). NUMBERS 17:1 AND THE LORD SPAKE. Presumably upon the same day, since the design was to prevent any recurrence of the sin and punishment des

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    AND the LORD spake unto Moses, [chapter seventeen] says, Speak to the children of Israel, to take every one of them a rod (Numbers 17:1-2) That is, one for each tribe. according to their tribe: put t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 30:22; Deuteronomy 31:19; Ephesians 2:2;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    GOD MAKES CHOICE OF HIS REPRESENTATIVES Numbers 17:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. God calls all His servants to serve Him. The Word is specific: "To every man his work." Not one of God's children is exemp...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To be kept for a token — it is probable, the buds and blossoms and fruit, all which could never have grown together, but by miracle, continued fresh, the same which produced them in a night preserving...

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