4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
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And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. …
And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here we have, I. Orders given for the bringing in of a rod for every tribe (which was peculiarly significant, for the word here used for a rod sometimes signifies a tribe, as particularly Num. 34:13), that God by a miracle, wrought on purpose, might make it known on whom he had conferred the honour of the priesthood. 1. It seems then the priesthood was a preferment worth seeking and striving for,…
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