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Numbers 17:1 open_in_new
spake. See note on Numbers 1:1.
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Numbers 17:2 open_in_new
children. sons.
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Numbers 17:4 open_in_new
tabernacle. tent. Hebrew. 'ohel. See App-40.
testimony. the ark of the covenant. Compare Exodus 25:16
you. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "thee".
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Numbers 17:7 open_in_new
laid up the rods. Korah's rebellion added two things to the tabernacle: Aaron's rod within, brazen plates without (Numbers 16:39; Numbers 16:40).
tabernacle of witness. tent of (or containing) the testimony (i.e. the ark, and the two tables). App-40. See note on Exodus 25:22.
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Numbers 17:8 open_in_new
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
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Numbers 17:10 open_in_new
said. See note on Numbers 3:40.
testimony. the ark of the covenant, as in Numbers 17:4.
rebels. Hebrew sons of rebellion. Genitive of character. rebellious ones.
take away. assuage, or, abate, as in Numbers 17:5. Compare Genesis 8:1.
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Numbers 17:12 open_in_new
we perish, we all perish. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), to enhance the alarm of the People.
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Numbers 17:13 open_in_new
tabernacle. habitation. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40.
die... dying. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), as in Numbers 17:12, to emphasize alarm.