Numbers 17:7

The Rods Are Placed In the Tent of Testimony (Numbers 17:7).

Numbers 17:7

‘And Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.'

The rods were then laid up ‘before Yahweh' in ‘the Tent of the testimony'. Note the change in name for the Tent. Emphasis is placed here on the fact that the Tent testifies to Yahweh and His covenant. As we have already suggested, this probably meant that they were placed before the veil behind which was the Ark of the covenant of Yahweh, although it may be that Moses uniquely had access into the Holy of Holies itself.