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Text -- Numbers 17:1-12 (NET)

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The Budding of Aaron’s Staff
17:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 17:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, one from every tribal leader, twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff. 17:3 You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe. 17:4 You must place them in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant where I meet with you. 17:5 And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.” 17:6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, according to their tribes– twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs. 17:7 Then Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony. 17:8 On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony– and the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds! 17:9 So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.
The Memorial
17:10 The Lord said to Moses, “Bring Aaron’s staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die.” 17:11 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him– this is what he did. 17:12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Aaron a son of Amram; brother of Moses,son of Amram (Kohath Levi); patriarch of Israel's priests,the clan or priestly line founded by Aaron
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Levi members of the tribe of Levi
 · Moses a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Aaron | Miracles | EZEKIEL, 2 | AARON'S ROD | Blindness | PRIEST | Levites | Exodus | WRITING, 1 | Almond | FATHER'S HOUSE, FATHERS' HOUSE | Tabernacle | Token | Ark | Government | Complaint | MOSES | Mercy Seat | Despondency | MURMUR; MURMURINGS | more
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NET Notes: Num 17:1 Num 17:1 in the English Bible is 17:16 in the Hebrew text (BHS). See also the note on 16:36.

NET Notes: Num 17:2 Heb “from every leader of them according to their fathers’ house.”

NET Notes: Num 17:3 Heb “one rod for the head of their fathers’ house.”

NET Notes: Num 17:4 The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”

NET Notes: Num 17:6 Heb “the house of their fathers.”

NET Notes: Num 17:7 The name of the tent now attests to the centrality of the ark of the covenant. Instead of the “tent of meeting” (מוֹ...

NET Notes: Num 17:8 There is no clear answer why the tribe of Levi had used an almond staff. The almond tree is one of the first to bud in the spring, and its white bloss...

NET Notes: Num 17:9 The words “at them” are not in the Hebrew text, but they have been added in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Num 17:10 This is another final imperfect in a purpose clause.

NET Notes: Num 17:12 The use of הֵן (hen) and the perfect tense in the nuance of a prophetic perfect expresses their conviction that they were bound to d...

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