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New Living Translation

Numbers 17:7

Moses placed the staffs in the Lord 's presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.

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.
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 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 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 "Tell the people of Israel to bring you twelve wooden staffs, one from each leader of Israel's ancestral tribes, and inscribe each leader's name on his staff. 3 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. 4 Place these staffs in the Tabernacle in front of the Ark containing the tablets of the Covenant, where I meet with you. 5 Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the people's murmuring and complaining against you." 6 So Moses gave the instructions to the people of Israel, and each of the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron, brought Moses a staff. 7 Moses placed the staffs in the Lord 's presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.

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
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
Genesis 17:5
What's more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
Genesis 17:7
"I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Genesis 17:8
And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God."
Genesis 17:9
Then God said to Abraham, "Your responsibility is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility.
Genesis 17:11
You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants."
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. "How could I become a father at the age of 100?" he thought. "And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?"
Genesis 28:13
At the top of the stairway stood the Lord , and he said, "I am the Lord , the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants.

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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