Numbers 17:2-4 New English Translation
2 “Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe,[a] one from every tribal leader,[b] twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff. 3 You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.[c] 4 You must place them[d] in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant[e] where I meet with you.
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- Numbers 17:2 tn Heb “receive from them a rod, a rod from the house of a father.”
- Numbers 17:2 tn Heb “from every leader of them according to their fathers’ house.”
- Numbers 17:3 tn Heb “one rod for the head of their fathers’ house.”
- 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.”
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