Numbers 17:9

9 Moses brought out the staffs from the LORD's presence and showed them to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.

Numbers 17:9 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 17:9

And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord, unto
all the children of Israel
He brought them out of the holy place, and showed them to the princes of the several tribes:

and they looked, and took every man his rod;
which they knew by their names upon them; by their own handwriting, as Aben Ezra; for though Moses is bid to write their names on them, ( Numbers 17:2 Numbers 17:3 ) ; yet no more may be meant by that than that he should order them to be written, and take care that they were.

Numbers 17:9 In-Context

7 Moses put the staffs in the LORD's presence in the tent of the words of God's promise.

8 The next day Moses went into the tent. He found that Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had not only begun to grow, but it had also blossomed and produced ripe almonds.

9 Moses brought out the staffs from the LORD's presence and showed them to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.

10 The LORD said to Moses, "Put Aaron's staff back in front of the words of my promise, and keep it there as a sign to warn any other rebels. Then you will stop their complaints about me, and they won't die."

11 Moses did exactly what the LORD commanded him to do.