You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
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You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
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And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
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(17-19) And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
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Passages linked to Numbers 17:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 30:36 You shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the covenant in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.
- Exodus 25:16-22 You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark. You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width. You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat. The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you. There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
- Exodus 29:42-43 It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you. There I will meet with the children of Israel; and the place shall be sanctified by my glory.
- Exodus 30:6 You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.
- Numbers 17:7 Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the Tent of the Testimony.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Before the testimony, i.e. before the ark of the…
Before the testimony, i.e. before the ark of the testimony; either mediately, close by the veil behind which the ark stood; or rather immediately, within the veil in the most holy place, close by the ark, as may be gathered by comparing this place with Num 17:10, and with Heb 9:4.
I will meet with you, and manifest my mind to you for the ending of this dispute.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle…
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation,.... In the most holy place:
before the testimony; that is, the ark in which the testimony or the law was; here they were laid as in the presence of God, who was in a miraculous way to decide the controversy by them, and put an end to it; for upon the ark was the mercy seat, over which were the cherubim, the seat of the divine Majesty, and where none could come at them, and where no fraud could be supposed to be committed:
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where I will meet with you; not with the people in person, who might not go at any time into the most holy place; nor with Aaron, who only might go into it on the day of atonement; but with Moses, the chief ruler and representative of the whole body of the people, and who might go in there at any time, to consult with God about matters of moment and difficulty, and where the Lord had said he would meet him, Exo 25:22; and now would, in a miraculous way, clearly show him, and the people of Israel by him, who was the priest he had chosen of all the tribes.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Before the testimony - That is, before the ark…
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.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 17:4. Before the testimony — That is, before…
Num 17:4. 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.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Before the testimony - See Num 17:10 note.
Before the testimony - See Num 17:10 note.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Before the testimony — Or, ark of the…
4. Before the testimony — Or, ark of the covenant containing the testimony of Jehovah. Exo_25:21.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. All the staves were placed in front of…
4. All the staves were placed in front of the ark for that night.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) Where I will meet with you.—Rather, where I…
(4) Where I will meet with you.—Rather, where I meet with you.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The tabernacle of the congregation. "The tent of meeting."…
The tabernacle of the congregation. "The tent of meeting." See on Exo_30:26. Before the testimony, i.e., in front of the ark containing the two tables of the law. (Exo_25:21)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 17:4 The staffs were in the Lord’s presence (17:7),…
17:4 The staffs were in the Lord’s presence (17:7), a safe spot where no one would tamper with them.
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