Verse Numbers 17:12. _BEHOLD, WE DIE, WE PERISH, WE ALL PERISH._] גוענו _gavaenu_ signifies not so much to _die_ simply, as _to feel an extreme_ _difficulty of breathing_, which, producing _suffocati...
A new section should begin with these verses. They are connected retrospectively with Numbers 16; and form the immediate introduction to Numbers 18. The people were terror-stricken by the fate of the...
7. THE PRIESTHOOD OF AARON CONFIRMED CHAPTER 17 _ 1. The divine command (Numbers 17:1)_ 2. The rods before Jehovah (Numbers 17:6) 3. The blossoming rod of Aaron (Numbers 17:8) Little comment is
THE BUDDING OF AARON'S ROD (from P). The superiority of Levi over the other tribes is finally vindicated through the budding of the rod of Aaron (the representative of that tribe) when a rod for each...
WE PERISH, WE ALL PERISH. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), to enhance the alarm of the People....
_we_ EXPIRE, _we_ PERISH, _we all_ PERISH] This and the following verse form a transition to ch. 18, in which the Levites guard the Tent, lest any layman should perish by approaching it, as Korah and...
F. BUDDING OF AARON'S ROD (NUMBERS 17) TEXT Numbers 17:1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of th...
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING, BEHOLD, WE DIE, WE PERISH, WE ALL PERISH._ Behold, we die, we perish - an exclamation of fear, both from the remembrance of former judgments and...
AARON'S AUTHORITY CONFIRMED Korah and his followers having questioned the authority of Aaron and the claim of his family to the priesthood, the matter is put beyond the possibility of further doubt b...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 17 AARON’S STICK – NUMBERS 17:1-13 V1 The *LORD said to Moses, V2 ‘Speak to the *Israelites. Tell th
AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SPAKE UNTO MOSES... — The special manifestations of Divine power which the Israelites had witnessed excited within them salutary emotions of awe and of anxious apprehension,...
_[Numbers 17:27]_ וַ יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל...
KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM Numbers 16:1; Numbers 17:1 BEHIND what appears in the history, there must have been many movements of thought and causes of discontent which gradually led to the events we n...
THE BUDDING OF AARON'S ROD Numbers 17:1 The controversy about the priesthood needed authoritative settlement, and to remove all grounds of dissension a notable sign was wrought on Aaron's rod. “The m...
That the murmuring of the people against the divine government was an evil thing is emphasized by the fact that a supernatural sign was given in final vindication of Aaron's position. The reason for g...
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, (f) we die, we perish, we all perish. (f) The Chaldea text describes their complaining in this way; "We die by the sword, the earth swallo...
_All perish. Many had been already destroyed. Those who remained, and were conscious of their seditious practices, feared a similar treatment. (Haydock)_...
Whether the people expressed themselves in these words under a sense of fear or submission, or both, I will not determine. But as the LORD had graciously undertaken to take away their murmurings, it m...
The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
12._And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses. _It was indeed somewhat better to be alarmed by admiration of God’s power than as if they had despised it in brutal stupidity; but there is a medium be...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 18. From chapter 17 to 20 this subject is set forth with the circumstances relative to it. First, the authority of Aaron is established by signs sh...
AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SPAKE UNTO MOSES,.... The princes of the tribes, who had seen the miracle of the rod, and knew that it was laid up in the most holy place, and for what purpose, which gave t...
_Behold we die, 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...
1 Aarons rod among all the rods of the Tribes onely flourisheth. 10 It is left for a monument against the rebels. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and...
The Miraculous Budding of Aaron's Rod...
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. This new miracle had filled them with such awe that they were filled with the terror of death....
AARON'S ROD BUDDING (vs.1-13) Though God had shown His deep displeasure against those who challenged the priesthood of Aaron, he used this occasion to illustrate the truth concerning the positive sid...
8-13 While all the other rods remained as they were. Aaron's rod became a living branch. In some places there were buds, in others blossoms, in others fruit, at the same time; all this was miraculous...
Words of consternation arising, partly, from the remembrance of these severe and repeated judgments; partly, from the threatening of death upon ally succeeding murmurings; partly, from the sense of th...
& Num 18:1-32 These two Chapter s form a distinct section in which we have presented to us the source, the responsibilities, and the privileges of priesthood. Priesthood is a divine institution. "No m...
Numbers 17:12 children H1121 Israel H3478 spoke H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 saying H559 (H8800) die H1478 ...
THE PEOPLE RECOGNISE THAT NONE BUT AARON'S HOUSE MAY ENTER THE TABERNACLE. THEY ALONE CAN ENTER THE SANCTUARY AND LIVE (NUMBERS 17:12) Numbers 17:12 ‘And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, sayin...
CONTENTS: Aaron's rod that budded. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: Fruitfulness is the best evidence of a divine call. The plants of God's setting will flourish. KEY WORD: Chosen, Number...
Numbers 17:8. _The rod of Aaron was budded._ In this sign there could be no imposition. The sedition was suppressed by the decision of God, who graciously in this way condescended to settle forever al...
_Write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi._ AARON’S ROD I. Instructive to the Israelites. 1. An end hereby put to murmuring. By an incontrovertible sign they knew who was the true priest. 2. A prev...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter the High-priesthood of Aaron is further confirmed by a supernatural and significant sign. Numbers 17:4. _The testimony_, “_i.e._, the Two Tables of the...
EXPOSITION AARON'S ROD THAT BUDDED (Numbers 17:1). NUMBERS 17:1 AND THE LORD SPAKE. Presumably upon the same day, since the design was to prevent any recurrence of the sin and punishment des
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, [chapter seventeen] says, Speak to the children of Israel, to take every one of them a rod (Numbers 17:1-2) That is, one for each tribe. according to their tribe: put t...
Hebrews 12:5; Isaiah 57:16; Numbers 26:11; Proverbs 19:3; Psalms 90:7
GOD MAKES CHOICE OF HIS REPRESENTATIVES Numbers 17:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. God calls all His servants to serve Him. The Word is specific: "To every man his work." Not one of God's children is exemp...
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 g...