Numbers 17:6-9
a rod a-piece, for each prince one. Heb. a rod for oneprince, a rod for one prince. See on ver. 2 18:2; Ex 38:21; Ac 7:44 the rod of Aaron.This fact was so unquestionably miraculous, that no doubt could remain on the minds of the people, or the envious chiefs, of the divine appointment of Aaron: and as there were buds, blossoms, and fruit on the rod at the same time, which was never the case with branches in the natural and ordinary course, this evidently proved the miracle, and took away all suspicion of the fraud which has been impiously suggested, that Moses had taken away Aaron's rod in the night time, and put a living branch of an almond tree in the room of it. A sceptre or staff of office resuming its vegetative life, was considered an absolute impossibility among the ancients; and as they were accustomed to swear by their sceptres, this circumstance was added to confirm the oath. budded.5; Ge 40:10; Ps 110:2; 132:17,18; So 2:3; Isa 4:2; Eze 17:24Eze 19:12,14; Joh 15:1-6 9 Ezekiel 12:3
prepare.10-12; 4:1-17; Jer 13:1-11; 18:2-12; 19:1-15; 27:2stuff. or, instruments.By stuff our translators meant furniture or goods, as the word frequently denotes in our early writers; but the original, {keley,} has not only this sense (as in ver. 4,) but is also used for any kind of utensils or instruments whatever; and here probably denotes carriages, or other means for removing goods. This was intended to signify that the captivity was at hand. it may.33:11; De 5:29; 32:29; Ps 81:13; Jer 18:11; 25:4-7; 26:3; 36:3,7Lu 13:8,9,34; 20:13; 2Ti 2:25 Hosea 12:10
have also.1Ki 13:1; 14:7-16; 17:1; 18:21-40; 19:10; 2Ki 17:13; Ne 9:30Jer 25:4; Am 7:14multiplied.Nu 12:6; Joe 2:28; Ac 2:17; 2Co 12:1,7used.1:2-5; 3:1; Isa 5:1-7; 20:2-5; Jer 13:1-14; 19:1,10; Eze 4:1-5:17Eze 15:1-8; 20:49ministry. Heb. hand.
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