Numbers 17:8-13

Listen to Numbers 17:8-13

8 On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.

9 Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the people of Israel. And they looked, and each man took his staff.

10 And the Lord said to Moses, “Put back ¹the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept ²as a sign for the rebels, ³that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die. ”

11 Thus did Moses; as the Lord commanded him, so he did.

12 And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

13 ⁴Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the Lord, shall die. Are we all to perish? ”

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Numbers 17:8-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 17

In this chapter the priesthood of Aaron is further confirmed and established by the budding and blossom of his rod, as it lay among the princes of the several tribes, when theirs did not, Nu 17:1-9; which rod of Aaron was ordered to be laid up before the ark, as a token against the rebels, and to put an end to all murmurings against Aaron for the future; which was accordingly done, Nu 17:10,11; upon which the people expressed their fear of perishing because of their sins, Nu 17:12,13.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. 17:10 Heb. 9:4
2. 17:10 ch. 16:38
3. 17:10 ver. 5
4. 17:13 See ch. 1:51

Numbers 17:8-13

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Numbers 17:8-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 17

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