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Numberschapter 17

13 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

Original Language

Numbers 17— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Numbers 17. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 38 of 54

קֹרַח Korach, Numbers 16:1 to 18:32

Read with it: 1 Samuel 11:14 to 12:22.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

2 rows sit beside its verse in the text, on 1 verse of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Numbers 17:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוָ֜הyahwehYahwehH3068אֶל־ʾel-toH413מֹשֶׁ֗הmoshehMosesH4872הָשֵׁ֞בhashevput backH7725אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853מַטֵּ֤הmateh[the] rod ofH4294אַהֲרֹן֙ʾaharonAaronH175לִפְנֵ֣יlifnei<to> beforeH6440הָעֵד֔וּתhaedutthe testimonyH5715לְמִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתlemishmeretfor keepingH4931לְא֖וֹתleotfor a signH226לִבְנֵי־livnei-for [the] sons ofH1121מֶ֑רִיmerirebellionH4805וּתְכַ֧לutekhaland may you put an end toH3615תְּלוּנֹּתָ֛םtelunotamgrumblings theirH8519מֵעָלַ֖יmealaifrom on <the> meH5921וְלֹ֥אvelo'and notH3808יָמֻֽתוּ׃yamututhey will dieH4191

Ramban on Numbers 17:10

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
I have not understood the intention of this verse, nor of its companion above, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, 189 Above,:21.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Onkelos Numbers 17:10

Targum
“Remove [ separate ] yourselves from this congregation and I shall annihalate them in an instant,” and they fell upon their faces.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

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