Numbers 17:8 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 17:8

The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds.

KJV

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Epistle 63 (397)

And so He Himself also chose Aaron as priest, that not the will of man but the grace of God should have the chief part in the election of the priest; not the voluntary offering of himself, nor the taking it upon himself, but the vocation from heaven, that he should offer gifts for sins who could be touched for those who sinned, for He Himself, it is said, bears our weakness. No one ought to take this honour upon himself but they are called of God, as was Aaron, and so Christ did not demand but received the priesthood.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

For it was no natural circumstance that a branch which derived no sap from the root, and which at that season of the year would have been dry upon the tree, should produce flowers and fruit, when it was east before the Ark of the Covenant, whilst the others, although altogether similar, remained dry and dead.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The rod of Aaron - was budded, etc. - That is, on the same rod or staff were found buds, blossoms, and ripe fruit. This fact was so unquestionably miraculous, as to decide the business for ever; and probably this was intended to show that in the priesthood, represented by that of Aaron, the beginning, middle, and end of every good work must be found. The buds of good desires, the blossoms of holy resolutions and promising professions, and the ripe fruit of faith, love, and obedience, all spring from the priesthood of the Lord Jesus.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֣י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת	mi.mo.cho.Rat	from [the] next day	H4283 →
וַיָּבֹ֤א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he went	H935 →
מֹשֶׁה֙	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
אֹ֣הֶל	'O.hel	[the] tent of	H168 →
הָעֵד֔וּת	ha.'e.Dut	the testimony	H5715 →
וְהִנֵּ֛ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
פָּרַ֥ח	pa.Rach	it had budded	H6524 →
מַטֵּֽה־	ma.teh-	[the] rod of	H4294 →
אַהֲרֹ֖ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
לְבֵ֣ית	le.Veit	of [the] house of	H1004 →
לֵוִ֑י	le.Vi	Levi	H3878 →
וַיֹּ֤צֵֽא	vai.Yo.tze'	and it had put forth	H3318 →
פֶ֙רַח֙	fe.rach	bud[s]	H6525 →
וַיָּ֣צֵֽץ	vai.Ya.tzetz	and it had blossomed	H6692 →
צִ֔יץ	Tzitz	blossom	H6731 →
וַיִּגְמֹ֖ל	vai.yig.Mol	and it had ripened	H1580 →
שְׁקֵדִֽים׃	she.ke.Dim	almonds	H8247 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 4:2
On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
leads to
- Jeremiah 23:5
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Zechariah 6:12
  And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build…
- Zechariah 3:8
  Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
- Isaiah 27:6
  In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Joel 2:32
  And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by…
Through
Ezekiel 17:24
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make…
leads to
- Amos 9:11
  “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–28
  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Through
Numbers 17:5
The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
leads to
- Numbers 16:5
  Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one…

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Numbers