Take of every one of them a rod— The minds of a considerable number of the people having been poisoned by the insinuations of Korah and his accomplices, against Aaron and his family upon the account of the priesthood, God is pleased to add another signal miracle, in confirmation of his priest's authority; accordingly, the head of each tribe is ordered to take a rod, and bring it before the Lord. Some have supposed that these were the ordinary rods, or batoons, which the princes of the tribes bore: while, from the 8th verse of this chapter, others infer that these were twigs, or branches, from one and the same almond tree: whichever was the case, the miracle was sufficiently great to demonstrate the extraordinary interposition of Providence.
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Numbers 17:2
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.