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And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהleftיַּנַּחthe staffsאֶת הַמַּטֹּתbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהin the tentבְּאֹהֶלof the testimony.הָעֵדֻת
Numbers 17:7
Study it in the app“And Moses left the staffs before YHWH in the tent of the testimony.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 17:7, word by word
- And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- leftיַּנַּחyanach
leave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “yanach” appears- the staffsמַּטֹּתmatot
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “matot” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- in the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- of the testimonyעֵדֻתedut
testimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edut” appears
The context
6So Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him a staff for each chief, a staff for each chief, by their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs; and the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.
7 · This verse (above)
8And it happened on the next day that Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and look, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and it had put forth buds and produced blossoms and ripened almonds.