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Num. 17:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, that on the morrow
mochorath (Hebrew #4283)
feminine from the same as 4279; the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow
KJV usage: morrow, next day.
Pronounce: mokh-or-awth'
Origin: or mochoratham (1 Sam. 30:17) {mokh-or-aw- thawm'}
Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
went
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
into the tabernacle
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
of witness
`eduwth (Hebrew #5715)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness.
Pronounce: ay-dooth'
Origin: feminine of 5707
; and, behold, the rod
matteh (Hebrew #4294)
from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: mat-teh'
Origin: or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
u of Aaron
'Aharown (Hebrew #175)
Aharon, the brother of Moses
KJV usage: Aaron.
Pronounce: a-har-one'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
for the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Levi
Leviy (Hebrew #3878)
attached; Levi, a son of Jacob
KJV usage: Levi. See also 3879, 3881.
Pronounce: lay-vee'
Origin: from 3867
was budded
parach (Hebrew #6524)
to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
KJV usage: X abroad, X abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).
Pronounce: paw-rakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, and brought forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
buds
perach (Hebrew #6525)
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom
KJV usage: blossom, bud, flower.
Pronounce: peh'-rakh
Origin: from 6524
, and bloomed
tsuwts (Hebrew #6692)
to twinkle, i.e. glance; by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)
KJV usage: bloom, blossom, flourish, shew self.
Pronounce: tsoots
Origin: a primitive root
blossoms
tsiyts (Hebrew #6731)
from 6692; properly, glistening, i.e. a burnished plate; also a flower (as bright-colored); a wing (as gleaming in the air)
KJV usage: blossom, flower, plate, wing.
Pronounce: tseets
Origin: or tsits {tseets}
, and yielded
gamal (Hebrew #1580)
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
KJV usage: bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, + serve, mean, yield.
Pronounce: gaw-mal'
Origin: a primitive root
almonds
shaqed (Hebrew #8247)
the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom)
KJV usage: almond (tree).
Pronounce: shaw-kade'
Origin: from 8245
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Psa. 110:2• 2Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies. (Psa. 110:2)
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Ezek. 19:12,14• 12But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit; its strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
 14and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, which hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. (Ezek. 19:12,14)

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Aaron,
House,
Levi,
Moses,
Rod,
The Tabernacle

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Ministry on This Verse

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the rod of Aaron.This fact was so unquestionably miraculous, that no doubt could remain on the minds of the people, or the envious chiefs, of the divine appointment of Aaron:
and as there were buds, blossoms, and fruit on the rod at the same time, which was never the case with branches in the natural and ordinary course, this evidently proved the miracle, and took away all suspicion of the fraud which has been impiously suggested, that Moses had taken away Aaron's rod in the night time, and put a living branch of an almond tree in the room of it.
A sceptre or staff of office resuming its vegetative life, was considered an absolute impossibility among the ancients; and as they were accustomed to swear by their sceptres, this circumstance was added to confirm the oath.budded.
Num. 17:5• 5And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his staff shall bud forth; and I will make to cease from before me the murmurings of the children of Israel, that they murmur against you. (Num. 17:5)
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Gen. 40:10• 10and in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded: its blossoms shot forth, its clusters ripened into grapes. (Gen. 40:10)
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Psa. 110:2• 2Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies. (Psa. 110:2)
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Psa. 132:17‑18• 17There will I cause the horn of David to bud forth; I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
 18His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish. (Psa. 132:17‑18)
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Song of Sol. 2:3• 3As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons: In his shadow have I rapture and sit down; And his fruit is sweet to my taste. (Song of Sol. 2:3)
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Isa. 4:2• 2In that day there shall be a sprout of Jehovah for beauty and glory, and the fruit of the earth for excellency and for ornament for those that are escaped of Israel. (Isa. 4:2)
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Ezek. 17:24• 24And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah have spoken, and will do it. (Ezek. 17:24)
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Ezek. 19:12,14• 12But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit; its strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
 14and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, which hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. (Ezek. 19:12,14)
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John 15:1‑6• 1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
 2As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.
 3Ye are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.
 4Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither can ye unless ye abide in me.
 5I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, *he* bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.
 6Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (John 15:1‑6)
• Priesthood, living and victorious over death, through divine efficacy, must lead the people; God’s authority is entrusted to it. (“Numbers 17-18” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass, when on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony, behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and ripened almonds.