XVII. (2) AND TAKE OF EVERY ONE OF THEM... — Better, _And take of them a rod for each father’s house._ TWELVE RODS. — Some suppose that Aaron’s rod was not included amongst the twelve. Others suppose that one rod only was taken for the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. The latter supposition is more... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT WRITE AARON’S NAME UPON THE ROD OF LEVI. — Aaron was descended from the _second_ son of Levi. He was not, therefore, the natural, but the divinely-appointed head of his father’s house, and hence it would not have sufficed for the purpose contemplated to have inscribed the name of Levi... [ Continue Reading ]
WHERE I WILL MEET WITH YOU. — Rather, _where I meet with you. _... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MAN’S ROD, WHOM I SHALL CHOOSE, SHALL BLOSSOM. — Or, _shall sprout forth_ or _put forth_ — _i.e.,_ leaves or blossoms. Achilles, when enraged against Agamemnon, is made to swear a solemn oath by his sceptre which, having once left its stock on the mountains, shall never again grow. King Latinus... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, THE ROD OF AARON FOR THE HOUSE OF LEVI WAS BUDDED... — As the budding of Aaron’s rod was the divinely appointed proof of the establishment of the priesthood in his person and in his posterity, so our Lord proved Himself to be the true High Priest over the House of God by coming forth as “a r... [ Continue Reading ]
BRING AARON’S RED AGAIN BEFORE THE TESTIMONY. — Better, _Put back_ (literally, _make to return_)_ Aaron’s rod_... It is not stated here that the rod was put within the ark. Nor is it so stated in Exodus 16:33 with regard to the pot of manna. Neither of these was within the ark when it was brought in... [ Continue Reading ]
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, but do not seem to have awakened within them any corresponding sense of gratitude either for their... [ Continue Reading ]