Numbers 20:9 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 20:9

So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him.

KJV

And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Moses took the rod from before the Lord..... Which was laid up somewhere in the sanctuary, as well as the rod of Aaron, Num 17:7, as he commanded him; being always faithful and obedient to him that appointed him.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּ֥ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
מֹשֶׁ֛ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמַּטֶּ֖ה	ha.ma.Teh	the rod	H4294 →
מִלִּפְנֵ֣י	mi.lif.Nei	from to before	H6440 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
צִוָּֽהוּ׃	tzi.Va.hu	he had commanded him	H6680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H4294hamatehthe rod252×

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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
Numbers 17:10
The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against…
leads to
- Ephesians 5:6
  Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
- Hebrews 9:4
  containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
- Isaiah 1:2
  Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Exodus 16:32
  Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I…
- Deuteronomy 9:24
  You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.

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