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Hebrew Names Version

Numbers 17:7

Moshe laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Miracles;   Tabernacle;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tabernacle;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Divination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron's Rod;   Rod, Staff;   Tabernacle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron's Rod;   Hexateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tabernacle;   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;   Ezekiel;   Korah;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Priest;   Writing;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aaron;  

Parallel Translations

King James Version
And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
Lexham English Bible
And Moses put the staffs before Yahweh in the tent of testimony.
New Century Version
Moses put them before the Lord in the Tent of the Agreement.
New English Translation
Then Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.
Amplified Bible
So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony (tabernacle).
New American Standard Bible
Then Moses left the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Moses layde the rods before the Lord in the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses deposited the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.
Contemporary English Version
Moses took them and placed them in the Lord 's sacred tent.
Complete Jewish Bible
However, as the community was assembling against Moshe and Aharon, they looked in the direction of the tent of meeting and saw the cloud cover it and the glory of Adonai appear.
Darby Translation
And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.
Easy-to-Read Version
Moses put the walking sticks before the Lord in the Tent of the Agreement.
English Standard Version
And Moses deposited the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses placed the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of the testimony.
Good News Translation
Moses then put all the sticks in the Tent in front of the Lord 's Covenant Box.
Christian Standard Bible®
Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.
Literal Translation
And Moses placed the rods before Jehovah, in the tabernacle of the testimony.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Moses layed the staues before the LORDE in the Tabernacle of witnesse.
American Standard Version
And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.
Bible in Basic English
And Moses put the rods before the Lord in the Tent of witness.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses put the roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting; and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
King James Version (1611)
And Moses layd vp the rods before the Lord, in the Tabernacle of Witnesse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
English Revised Version
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Moises hadde put tho yerdis bifor the Lord, in the tabernacle of witnessyng, he yede ayen in the day suynge,
Young's Literal Translation
and Moses placeth the rods before Jehovah, in the tent of the testimony.
Update Bible Version
And Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses laid the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
World English Bible
Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.
New King James Version
And Moses placed the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
New Living Translation
Moses placed the staffs in the Lord 's presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.
New Life Bible
Moses put the walking sticks before the Lord in the meeting tent of the Law.
New Revised Standard
So Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the covenant.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Moses laid up the staves before Yahweh, - in the tent of the testimony.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Moses had Laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:
Revised Standard Version
And Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

Contextual Overview

1 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write you every man's name on his rod. 3 You shall write Aharon's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses. 4 You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. 5 It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Yisra'el, which they murmur against you. 6 Moshe spoke to the children of Yisra'el; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aharon was among their rods. 7 Moshe laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 18:2, Exodus 38:21, Acts 7:44

Reciprocal: Numbers 18:1 - Thou 2 Chronicles 24:6 - tabernacle

Cross-References

Genesis 15:18
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Avram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Mitzrayim to the great river, the river Perat:
Genesis 17:5
Neither will your name any more be called Avram, but your name will be Avraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
Genesis 17:7
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Genesis 17:8
I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Kana`an, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
Genesis 17:9
God said to Avraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
Genesis 17:11
You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of a covenant between me and you.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."
Genesis 17:17
Then Avraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"
Genesis 28:13
Behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, "I am the LORD, the God of Avraham your father, and the God of Yitzchak. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. In that part of the tabernacle where the testimony or witness was, that is, the law, which was in the ark, over which was the mercy seat, with the cherubim between which Jehovah dwelt, and this was the most holy place; and the rods being laid here, might be said to be laid before the Lord, who, by making a difference in one of those rods from the rest, would decide the controversy about the priesthood, which was the end of their being laid before him.


 
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