Numbers 17:6
¶ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
¶ And Moses spake vnto the children of Israel, and euery one of their Princes gaue him †a rod a piece, for each Prince one, according to their fathers houses, euen twelue rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. a rod for one Prince, a rod for one Prince.
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Numbers 17:6
The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
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Rulers, chiefs, or persons of high rank and authority.
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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.
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For each one; to each separately in an equal stated number or amount.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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A chief, head, ruler, governor, commander, noble, or person of leading authority.
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Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.
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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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17:6¶ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
17:6¶ And Moses spake vnto the children of Israel, and euery one of their Princes gaue him †a rod a piece, for each Prince one, according to their fathers houses, euen twelue rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
Selected passage17:7And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
17:7And Moses layd vp the rods before the LORD, in the Tabernacle of Witnesse.
17:8And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
17:8And it came to passe that on the morrow Moses went into the Tabernacle of Witnesse, and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossomes, and yeelded almonds.
17:9And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
17:9And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD, vnto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and tooke euery man his rod.