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Numbers 17:4-6
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Numbers 17:4-6
New English Translation
4 You must place them[a] in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant[b] where I meet with you. 5 And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.”
6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader,[c] according to their tribes[d]—twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.
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- Numbers 17:4 tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect of נוּחַ (nuakh, “to rest”), and so “to set at rest, lay, place, put.” The form with the vav (ו) consecutive continues the instruction of the previous verse.
- Numbers 17:4 tn The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”
- Numbers 17:6 tn Heb “a rod for one leader, a rod for one leader.”
- Numbers 17:6 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”
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