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Numbers 17
The blossoming of Aaron's rod, ver. 1-9. It is laid up for a
memorial, ver. 10, 11. The people are terrified, ver. 12, 13.
Verse 2. Of every one - Not of every person, but of every tribe. A rod -
That staff, or rod, which the princes carried in their hands as
tokens of their dignity and authority. Every man's name - Every
prince's: for they being the first-born, and the chief of their tribes
might above all others pretend to the priesthood, if it was
communicable to any of their tribes, and besides each prince
represented all his tribe: so that this was a full decision of the
question. And this place seems to confirm, that not only Korah
and the Levites, but also those of other tribes contested with
Moses and Aaron about the priesthood, as that which belonged to
all the congregation they being all holy.
Verse 3. Aaron's name - Rather than Levi's, for that would have left the
controversy undecided between Aaron and the other Levites,
whereas this would justify the appropriation of the priesthood to
Aaron's family. One rod - There shall be in this, as there is in all
the other tribes, only one rod, and that for the head of their tribe,
who is Aaron in this tribe: whereas it might have been expected
that there should have been two rods, one for Aaron, and another
for his competitors of the same tribe. But Aaron's name was
sufficient to determine both the tribe, and that branch or family of
the tribe, to whom this dignity should be affixed.
Verse 4. Before the testimony - That is, before the ark of the testimony,
close by the ark. I will meet with you - And manifest my mind to
you, for the ending of this dispute.
Verse 6. Among their rods - Was laid up with the rest, being either one
of the twelve, as the Hebrew affirm, or the thirteenth, as others
think.
Verse 8. Into the tabernacle - Into the most holy place, which he might
safely do under the protection of God's command, though
otherwise none but the high-priest might enter there, and that once
in a year.
Verse 10. To be kept for a token - it is probable, the buds and blossoms
and fruit, all which could never have grown together, but by
miracle, continued fresh, the same which produced them in a
night preserving them for ages.
Verse 12. We perish - Words of consternation, arising from the
remembrance of these severe and repeated judgments, from the
threatening of death upon any succeeding murmurings, and from
the sense of their own guilt and weakness, which made them fear
lest they should relapse into the same miscarriages, and thereby
bring the vengeance of God upon themselves.
Verse 13. Near - Nearer than he should do; an error which we may
easily commit. Will God proceed with us according to his strict
justice, till all the people be cut off?
Chapter 17:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Leviticus Deuteronomy
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