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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Numbers 17:7

And Moses layd vp the rods before the Lord, in the Tabernacle of Witnesse.

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

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
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.
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 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and take of euery one of them a rod, according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes, according to the house of their fathers, twelue rods: write thou euery mans name vpon his rodde. 3 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. 4 And thou shalt lay them vp in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before the Testimony, where I will meet with you. 5 And it shall come to passe, that the mans rod whom I shall choose, shall blossome: and I will make to cease from mee the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmure against you. 6 And Moses spake vnto the children of Israel, and euery one of their Princes gaue him a rod a piece, for each Prince one, according to their fathers houses, euen twelue rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7 And Moses layd vp the rods before the Lord, in the Tabernacle of Witnesse.

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 same day the LORD made a couenant with Abram, saying; Unto thy seed haue I giuen this land from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates:
Genesis 17:5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall bee Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and I will make nations of thee, and Kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee, in their generations for an euerlasting couenant, to bee a God vnto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis 17:8
And I will giue vnto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.
Genesis 17:9
And God said vnto Abraham, Thou shalt keepe my couenant therefore, thou, and thy seede after thee, in their generations.
Genesis 17:11
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskinne; and it shal be a token of the couenant betwixt me and you.
Genesis 17:16
And I will blesse her, and giue thee a sonne also of her: yea I wil blesse her, and she shalbe a mother of nations; Kings of people shall be of her.
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be borne vnto him that is an hundred yeeres old? and shal Sarah that is ninetie yeeres old, beare?
Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood aboue it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I giue it, and to thy seede.

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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