Numbers 17:3 Parallel Translations

Write Aaron's name on the staff for Levi because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.(GOD'S WORD®)

And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

ASV:

And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers houses.

BBE:

And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.

DBY:

And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for each head of their fathers' houses.

ERV:

And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

JPS:

And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for the head of their fathers' houses.

WBS:

And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

WEB:

You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

YLT:

and Aaron's name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod is for the head of their fathers' house:

Numbers 17:3 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 17:2 "Speak to the sons of Israel, and get from them a rod for each father's household: twelve rods, from all their leaders according to their fathers' households. You shall write each name on his rod,

Numbers 17:4 "You shall then deposit them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

17:3 Aaron's name - Rather than Levi's, for that would have left the controversy undecided between Aaron and the other Levites, whereas this would justify the appropriation of the priesthood to Aaron's family. One rod - There shall be in this, as there is in all the other tribes, only one rod, and that for the head of their tribe, who is Aaron in this tribe: whereas it might have been expected that there should have been two rods, one for Aaron, and another for his competitors of the same tribe. But Aaron's name was sufficient to determine both the tribe, and that branch or family of the tribe, to whom this dignity should be affixed.

MHC:

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.

CONC:

Aaron's Ancestral Family Fathers Households Houses Levi Placed Rod Staff Tribe

Aaron's Ancestral Head House Households Houses Levi Placed Rod Staff Tribe Write

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