Numbers 17:3
“And thou shalt write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.”
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Numbers 17:3 Context
1And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 2Speake vnto the children of Israel, and take of euery one of them a rod, according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes, according to the house of their fathers, twelue rods: write thou euery mans name vpon his rodde. 3And thou shalt write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4And thou shalt lay them vp in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before the Testimony, where I will meet with you. 5And it shall come to passe, that the mans rod whom I shall choose, shall blossome: and I will make to cease from mee the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmure against you.
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Other Translations for Numbers 17:3
And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod [shall be] for the head of the house of their fathers.
- King James Version
and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head {of each} of their fathers' households.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.
- Basic English Bible
And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for [each] head of their fathers' houses.
- Darby Bible
And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
- Webster's Bible
You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
- World English Bible
and Aaron's name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod [is] for the head of their fathers' house:
- Youngs Literal Bible
(17:18) And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for the head of their fathers' houses.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 17:3
17:3 Aaron's name - Rather than Levi's, for that would have left the controversy undecided between Aaron and the other Levites, whereas this would justify the appropriation of the priesthood to Aaron's family. One rod - There shall be in this, as there is in all the other tribes, only one rod, and that for the head of their tribe, who is Aaron in this tribe: whereas it might have been expected that there should have been two rods, one for Aaron, and another for his competitors of the same tribe. But Aaron's name was sufficient to determine both the tribe, and that branch or family of the tribe, to whom this dignity should be affixed.