Numbers 17:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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.

Whom i

Numbers 16:5

Blossom

I will

They murmur

Numbers 16:11

General references

Deuteronomy 18:5

Bible References

Whom i

Then he said to Korah and all his followers: In the morning Jehovah will show who belongs to him, who is holy. He will have that person come near him. Only the person Jehovah chooses will be allowed to come near him.

Blossom

The next day Moses went into the tent. He found that Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had not only begun to grow, but it had also blossomed and produced ripe almonds.

You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the law of the holy God Jehovah the All-Powerful Holy One of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.

There must go forth a twig out of the stump of Jesse. A branch (sprout) (shoot) (descendant) from his roots will bear fruit.

In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill the entire world with fruit.

The desert will rejoice, and flowers will bloom in the wastelands.

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

I will

Jehovah said to Moses: Put Aaron's staff in front of the testimony. Keep it there as a sign to warn any other rebels. Then you will stop their complaints about me, and they will not die.

I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will also end the arrogance of the proud. I will demean (disgrace) the arrogance of tyranny.

They will burn your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. Then I will stop you from playing the harlot. You will also no longer pay your lovers.

I will make your lewdness and your fornication brought from the land of Egypt to cease from you, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.'

They murmur

You and all your followers have joined forces against Jehovah! Who is Aaron that you should complain about him?

General references

Jehovah chose from all your tribes the tribe of Levi to serve him and his sons as priests forever.