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Numbers 17:2

“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,

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ASV

Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.

KJV

Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
דַּבֵּ֣ר׀da.BerspeakH1696 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וְקַ֣חve.Kachand takeH3947 →
מֵֽאִתָּ֡םme.'i.Tamfrom with themH854 →
מַטֶּ֣הma.Teha rodH4294 →
מַטֶּה֩ma.Teha rodH4294 →
לְבֵ֨יתle.Veitfor [the] house ofH1004 →
אָ֜ב'avan ancestorH1 →
מֵאֵ֤תme.'Etfrom withH854 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
נְשִֽׂיאֵהֶם֙ne.si.'e.Hemleaders theirH5387 →
לְבֵ֣יתle.Veitto [the] house ofH1004 →
אֲבֹתָ֔ם'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1 →
שְׁנֵ֥יםshe.Neimtwo [plus]H8147 →
עָשָׂ֖ר'a.SartenH6240 →
מַטּ֑וֹתma.TotrodsH4294 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isheachH376 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שְׁמ֔וֹshe.Moname hisH8034 →
תִּכְתֹּ֖בtikh.Toyou will writeH3789 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
מַטֵּֽהוּ׃ma.Te.hurod hisH4294 →

The walk

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Numbers 1:5–16These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;Ezekiel 21:13Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.Numbers 2:3–30On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:Ezekiel 21:10it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.Ezekiel 19:14Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”Exodus 4:2And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.Exodus 4:17But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”Micah 7:14Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.Psalms 110:2The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”Numbers 10:14–27First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.Psalms 125:3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.Ezekiel 37:16–20“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’1 Samuel 10:19But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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