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Numbers 17:3

and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi [his ancestor]; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers' households.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Levites;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Aaron;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Divination;   Remember, Remembrance;   Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron's Rod;   Rod, Staff;   Writing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron's Rod;   Flowers;   Hexateuch;   Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Melchizedek;   Tabernacle, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Aaron's Rod;   Almond;   Ezekiel;   Father's House;   Korah;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Priest;   Writing;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Censer;   Holiness;   Priest;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall write Aharon's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
and the name of Aaron on the staff of Levi, because one staff is for the head of each of their families.
New Century Version
on the stick from Levi, write Aaron's name. There must be one stick for the head of each tribe.
New English Translation
You must write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.
New American Standard Bible
and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi; for there is to be one staff for the head of each of their fathers' households.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui: for euery rodde shalbe for the head of the house of their fathers.
Legacy Standard Bible
and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers' households.
Complete Jewish Bible
Also the fire pans of these men, whose sin cost them their lives, have become holy, because they were offered before Adonai . Therefore, have them hammered into plates to cover the altar. This will be a sign for the people of Isra'el."
Darby Translation
And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for [each] head of their fathers' houses.
Easy-to-Read Version
On the stick from Levi, write Aaron's name. There must be one stick for the head of each of the twelve tribes.
English Standard Version
and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each fathers' house.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall write Aarons name upon the rod of Levi; for one rod shall be for the head of the tribe of their fathers.
Good News Translation
and then write Aaron's name on the stick representing Levi. There will be one stick for each tribal leader.
Christian Standard Bible®
Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there is to be one staff for the head of each tribe.
Literal Translation
And you shall write Aaron's name on the staff of the tribe of Levi; for one rod shall be for the head of their fathers' house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Aarons name shalt thou wryte vpon the staffe of Leui. For euery heade of their fathers house shal haue a staffe.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
Bible in Basic English
And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And write Aarons name vpon the rodde of Leui: for euery rodde shalbe for ye head of the house of their fathers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar--for they are become holy, because they were offered before the LORD--that they may be a sign unto the children of Israel.'
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod for each: they shall give them according to the tribe of the house of their families.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
Berean Standard Bible
and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe the name of Aaron schal be in the lynage of Leuy, and o yerde schal conteyne alle the meynees of hem.
Young's Literal Translation
and Aaron's name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod [is] for the head of their fathers' house:
Update Bible Version
And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
New King James Version
And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father's house.
New Living Translation
Inscribe Aaron's name on the staff of the tribe of Levi, for there must be one staff for the leader of each ancestral tribe.
New Life Bible
Write Aaron's name on the walking stick of Levi. For there will be one walking stick for the head of each father's house.
New Revised Standard
and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, Aaron's name, shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi, - for, one staff, shall there be for the head of their ancestral house.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:
Revised Standard Version
and write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each fathers' house.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers' households.

Contextual Overview

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2"Speak to the sons of Israel and get rods from them, a rod for each father's household, from all their leaders according to their fathers' households, twelve rods. Write every man's name on his rod, 3and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi [his ancestor]; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers' households.4"You shall then deposit them in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) in front of [the ark of] the Testimony, where I meet with you. 5"It shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will bud, and I will no longer hear the constant grumblings of the Israelites, who are grumbling against you." 6So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader according to their fathers' households, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony (tabernacle).

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 3:2, Numbers 3:3, Numbers 18:1, Numbers 18:7, Exodus 6:16, Exodus 6:20

Reciprocal: Numbers 1:4 - General 2 Chronicles 31:17 - genealogy Ezekiel 37:16 - take thee Hebrews 5:4 - General Hebrews 7:5 - who

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"
Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God, "Oh, that Ishmael [my firstborn] might live before You!"
Genesis 17:23
Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the servants who were born in his house and all who were purchased with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin the very same day, as God had said to him.
Genesis 17:24
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised.
Exodus 3:6
Then He said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the Israelites.
Numbers 16:22
But they fell on their faces [before the LORD], and said, "O God, God of the spirits of all flesh! When one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?"
Numbers 16:45
"Get away from among this congregation, so that I may consume them immediately." Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces [in silence before the LORD].
Joshua 5:14
He said, "No; rather I have come now as captain of the army of the LORD." Then Joshua fell with his face toward the earth and bowed down, and said to him, "What does my lord have to say to his servant?"
Judges 13:20
For when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the Angel of the LORD ascended in the altar flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this they fell on their faces to the ground.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi,.... Or upon the rod that was for the tribe of Levi; the name of "Aaron" was to be written, not the word "Levi", or a "Levite", as Josephus e; for that would not have decided the controversy about the priesthood, which chiefly lay between the Levites and the family of Aaron, who were of the same tribe:

for one rod [shall be] for the head of the house of their fathers; one rod for the head or prince of every tribe, every prince representing his own tribe he was the head of, and the rod the prince; and though the tribe of Levi was divided into two families, the family of the priests, and the family of the Levites; yet, as Jarchi observes, they were but one tribe, and so one rod for them, as for the other tribes.

e Antiqu. l. 4. c. 4. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi - The Levites had taken part in the late outbreak. It was therefore necessary to vindicate the supremacy of the house of Aaron over them; and accordingly his name was written on the rod of Levi, although being the son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (Exodus 6:16 ff), he would not be the natural head of the tribe.


 
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