(KJV) Numbers 171
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⥃Aaron’s Staff Buds
[1] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod2 according to the house of [their] fathers, of all their princes3 according to the house of their fathers twelve rods4: write thou every man’s name upon his rod. [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.5 [4] And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.6 [5] And it shall come to pass, [that] the man’s rod, whom I7 shall choose, shall blossom8: and I will9 make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur10 against you.
[6] [¶]And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one11, according to their fathers’ houses, [even] twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron [was] among their rods. [7] And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.12 [8] And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron13 for the house of Levi was budded14, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. [9] And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
[10] [¶]And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s15 rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token16 against the rebels17; and thou18 shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. [11] And Moses did [so]: as the Lord commanded him, so did he. [12] And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold19, we die20, we perish, we all perish. [13] Whosoever21 cometh any thing22 near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed23 with dying?
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Num 17:1, Aaron,s rod, among all the rods of the tribes, only flourishes; Num 17:10, It is left for a monument against the rebels. ↩
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The word matteh signifies a staff, or sceptre, which the prince or chief of each tribe bore, and which was the sign of office or royalty among almost all the people of the earth. ↩
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Gen 49:10; Exod 4:2, Exod 4:17; Ps 110:2, Ps 125:3; Ezek 19:14, Ezek 21:10, Ezek 21:13; Ezek 37:16-20; Mic 7:14 ↩
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Num 17:8; Isa 5:24, Isa 11:1, Isa 27:6, Isa 35:1-2; Hos 14:5 ↩
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This fact was so unquestionably miraculous, that no doubt could remain on the minds of the people, or the envious chiefs, of the divine appointment of Aaron, and as there were buds, blossoms, and fruit on the rod at the same time, which was never the case with branches in the natural and ordinary course, this evidently proved the miracle, and took away all suspicion of the fraud which has been impiously suggested, that Moses had taken away Aaron's rod in the night time, and put a living branch of an almond tree in the room of it. A sceptre or staff of office resuming its vegetative life, was considered an absolute impossibility among the ancients; and as they were accustomed to swear by their sceptres, this circumstance was added to confirm the oath. ↩
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Num 17:5; Gen 40:10; Ps 110:2, Ps 132:17-18; Song 2:3; Isa 4:2; Ezek 17:24; Ezek 19:12, Ezek 19:14; John 15:1-6 ↩
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Heb. children of rebellion, 1Sam 2:12, 1Sam 30:22; Ps 57:4; Isa 1:2; Hos 10:9; Eph 2:2-3, Eph 5:6 ↩
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Gawanoo, "we expire:" it signifies not so much to die simply, as to feel an extreme difficulty in breathing, which producing suffocation, ends at last in death. See the folly and extravagance of this sinful people, in thus rebelling against the authority of those whom Jehovah had appointed to be their rulers. ↩
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Gen 3:3; 1Sam 6:19-21; 2Sam 6:6-12; 1Chr 13:11-13, 1Chr 15:13; Ps 130:3-4; Acts 5:5, Acts 5:11-14; Eph 2:13; Heb 10:19-22 ↩
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Num 16:26, Num 32:13; Deut 2:16; Job 34:14-15; Ps 90:7; Isa 28:22 ↩