Numbers 17:9

9 Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites; and they looked, 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 So Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the covenant.

8 When Moses went into the tent of the covenant on the next day, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted. It put forth buds, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.

9 Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites; and they looked, and each man took his staff.

10 And the Lord said to Moses, "Put back the staff of Aaron before the covenant, to be kept as a warning to rebels, so that you may make an end of their complaints against me, or else they will die."

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