Números 17:3

3 Escribe el nombre de Aarón sobre la vara de la tribu de Leví, pues debe haber una vara por cada jefe de tribu patriarcal.

Números 17:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 17:3

And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi
Or upon the rod that was for the tribe of Levi; the name of "Aaron" was to be written, not the word "Levi", or a "Levite", as Josephus ^F5; for that would not have decided the controversy about the priesthood, which chiefly lay between the Levites and the family of Aaron, who were of the same tribe:

for one rod [shall be] for the head of the house of their fathers;
one rod for the head or prince of every tribe, every prince representing his own tribe he was the head of, and the rod the prince; and though the tribe of Levi was divided into two families, the family of the priests, and the family of the Levites; yet, as Jarchi observes, they were but one tribe, and so one rod for them, as for the other tribes.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Antiqu. l. 4. c. 4. sect. 2.

Números 17:3 In-Context

1 La vara de Aarón brota
Entonces el Señor
le dijo a Moisés:

2 «Diles a los israelitas que te traigan doce varas de madera, una por cada jefe de las tribus de los antepasados de Israel, y escribe el nombre de cada jefe en su propia vara.

3 Escribe el nombre de Aarón sobre la vara de la tribu de Leví, pues debe haber una vara por cada jefe de tribu patriarcal.

4 Coloca las varas en el tabernáculo delante del arca que contiene las tablas del pacto,
donde me encuentro contigo.

5 Entonces, de la vara del hombre que yo elija saldrán brotes y finalmente pondré fin a las murmuraciones y a las quejas de este pueblo en contra de ustedes».