10And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
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Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)Here is, I. The final determination of the controversy concerning the priesthood by a miracle, Num. 17:8 ; 9 . The rods or staves were brought out from the most holy place where they were laid up, and publicly produced before the people; and, while all the rest of the rods remained as they were, Aaron’s rod only, of a dry stick, became a living branch, budded, and blossomed, and yielded almonds. I…
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