Numbers 17:1

1 et locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

Numbers 17:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 17:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
After the plague ceased, for the further confirmation of the priesthood in Aaron's family, another method is directed to by the Lord:

saying:
as follows.

Numbers 17:1 In-Context

1 et locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

2 loquere ad filios Israhel et accipe ab eis virgas singulas per cognationes suas a cunctis principibus tribuum virgas duodecim et uniuscuiusque nomen superscribes virgae suae

3 nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi et una virga cunctas eorum familias continebit

4 ponesque eas in tabernaculo foederis coram testimonio ubi loquar ad te

5 quem ex his elegero germinabit virga eius et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israhel quibus contra vos murmurant