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Numbers 17:5-7
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5 And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.”

6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader,[a] according to their tribes[b]—twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs. 7 Then Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 17:6 tn Heb “a rod for one leader, a rod for one leader.”
  2. Numbers 17:6 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”
  3. Numbers 17:7 tn The name of the tent now attests to the centrality of the ark of the covenant. Instead of the “tent of meeting” (מוֹעֵד, moʿed) we now find the “the tent of the testimony” (הָעֵדֻת, haʿedut).
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