Numbers 17:7

And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.

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Interpretation

It is an instance of the grace of God, that, having wrought divers miracles to punish sin, he would work one more to prevent it. Twelve rods or staves were to be brought in.

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This thought runs through Numbers 17:6-7.

Numbers 17:6 Numbers 17:7

Glossary

Tabernacle Object: (1. ) A house or dwelling-place ( Job 5:24 ; 18:6 , etc. ). (2. ) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24 ) containing the image of Moloch ( Amos 5:26 ; marg. and R. V., “Siccuth”). (3. ) The human body.