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Selected Verse: Numbers 17:6 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 17:6 |
King James |
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the rod of Aaron was among their rods--either one of the twelve, or, as many suppose, a thirteenth in the midst (Heb 9:4). The rods were of dry sticks or wands, probably old, as transmitted from one head of the family to a succeeding. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The whole number of rods was twelve exclusive of Aaron's, as the Vulgate expressly states. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Among their rods - Was laid up with the rest, being either one of the twelve, as the Hebrews affirm, or the thirteenth, as others think. |
4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;