Numbers 17:4
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New International Version (©2011)
Place them in the tent of meeting in front of the ark of the covenant law, where I meet with you.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Place these staffs in the Tabernacle in front of the Ark containing the tablets of the Covenant, where I meet with you.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"You shall then deposit them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then place them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony where I meet with you.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Then lay them there in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Ark of the Covenant where I'll meet with you.

NET Bible (©2006)
You must place them in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant where I meet with you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Put them in the tent of meeting where I meet with you, in front of the words of my promise.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And you shall lay them up in the tabernacle of meeting before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

American King James Version
And you shall lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.

Darby Bible Translation
And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt lay them in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

World English Bible
You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast placed them in the tent of meeting, before the testimony, where I meet with you.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

17:1-7 It is an instance of the grace of God, that, having wrought divers miracles to punish sin, he would work one more to prevent it. Twelve rods or staves were to be brought in. It is probable that they were the staves which the princes used as ensigns of their authority; old dry staves, that had no sap in them. They were to expect that the rod of the tribe, or prince, whom God chose to the priesthood, should bud and blossom. Moses did not object that the matter was sufficiently settled already; he did not undertake to determine it; but left the case before the Lord.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 4. - The tabernacle of the congregation. "The tent of meeting." See on Exodus 30:26. Before the testimony, i.e., in front of the ark containing the two tables of the law (Exodus 25:21).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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:

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, Exodus 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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Aaron's Staff Buds
…3And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4And you shall lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. 5And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. …

Exodus 25:16 Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.
Exodus 25:21 Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you.
Exodus 25:22 There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.
Exodus 29:42 "For the generations to come this burnt offering is to be made regularly at the entrance to the tent of meeting, before the LORD. There I will meet you and speak to you;
Numbers 17:3 On the staff of Levi write Aaron's name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe.
Numbers 17:7 Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the covenant law.
Numbers 17:10 The LORD said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's staff in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die."