Numbers 17:2
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.
KJV
Loquere ad filios Israël, et accipe ab eis virgas singulas per cognationes suas, a cunctis principibus tribuum, virgas duodecim, et uniuscujusque nomen superscribes virgæ suæ.
Vulgate
Λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, καὶ λάβε παρ’ αὐτῶν ῥάβδον, ῥάβδον κατ’ οἴκους πατριῶν παρὰ πάντων τῶν ἀρχόντων αὐτῶν, κατ’ οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν, δώδεκα ῥάβδους· καὶ ἑκάστου τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπίγραψον ἐπὶ τῆς ῥάβδου.
LXX
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.
ASV
אֱמֹ֨ר אֶל אֶלְעָזָ֜ר בֶּן אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַ/כֹּהֵ֗ן וְ/יָרֵ֤ם אֶת הַ/מַּחְתֹּת֙ מִ/בֵּ֣ין הַ/שְּׂרֵפָ֔ה וְ/אֶת הָ/אֵ֖שׁ זְרֵה הָ֑לְאָה כִּ֖י קָדֵֽשׁוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Typology
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Cross-references
- Exod 28:1 — And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Itham
- Ezek 37:16 — Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephrai