Numbers 17:7
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New International Version (©2011)
Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the covenant law.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Moses placed the staffs in the LORD's presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And Moses deposited the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then Moses laid out the rods in the LORD'S presence, inside the Tent of Testimony.

NET Bible (©2006)
Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Moses put the staffs in the LORD's presence in the tent of the words of God's promise.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.

American King James Version
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.

American Standard Version
And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Moses had laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:

Darby Bible Translation
And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.

English Revised Version
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses laid the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.

World English Bible
Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.

Young's Literal Translation
and Moses placeth the rods before Jehovah, in the tent of the testimony.

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 7. - Before the Lord, i.e., in front of the ark. In the tabernacle of witness. "In the tent of the testimony." בּאֹהֶל הָעֵדֻת.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. In that part of the tabernacle where the testimony or witness was, that is, the law, which was in the ark, over which was the mercy seat, with the cherubim between which Jehovah dwelt, and this was the most holy place; and the rods being laid here, might be said to be laid before the Lord, who, by making a difference in one of those rods from the rest, would decide the controversy about the priesthood, which was the end of their being laid before him.

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Aaron's Staff Buds
…6And Moses spoke to 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. 7And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. 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. …

Numbers 1:50 Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law--over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.
Numbers 1:53 The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law."
Numbers 9:15 On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.
Numbers 17:4 Place them in the tent of meeting in front of the ark of the covenant law, where I meet with you.
Numbers 17:6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one for the leader of each of their ancestral tribes, and Aaron's staff was among them.