Numbers 17:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 16:5 : 5 Then he said to Korah and to all his company,“In the morning the LORD will make known who are his, and who is holy. He will cause that person to approach him; the person he has chosen he will cause to approach him.
  • Num 16:11 : 11 Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the LORD! And Aaron– what is he that you murmur against him?”
  • Num 17:8 : 8 On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony– and the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds!
  • Num 17:10 : 10 The Memorial The LORD said to Moses,“Bring Aaron’s staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die.”
  • Isa 5:24 : 24 Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 11:1 : 1 An Ideal King Establishes a Kingdom of Peace A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.
  • Isa 13:11 : 11 I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.
  • Isa 27:6 : 6 The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.
  • Isa 35:1-2 : 1 The Land and Its People Are Transformed Let the wilderness and desert be happy; let the arid rift valley rejoice and bloom like a lily! 2 Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
  • Ezek 16:41 : 41 They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients.
  • Ezek 23:27 : 27 So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. You will not seek their help or remember Egypt anymore.
  • Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 17:6-11
    6 verses
    81%

    6So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, according to their tribes– twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.

    7Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

    8On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony– and the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds!

    9So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.

    10The Memorial The LORD said to Moses,“Bring Aaron’s staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die.”

    11So Moses did as the LORD commanded him– this is what he did.

  • Num 17:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1The Budding of Aaron’s Staff The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, one from every tribal leader, twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.

    3You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.

    4You must place them in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant where I meet with you.

  • Exod 17:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The LORD said to Moses,“Go over before the people; take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile and go.

    6I will be standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you will strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in plain view of the elders of Israel.

  • Num 14:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

    27“How long must I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.

  • Num 20:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    8“Take the staff and assemble the community, you and Aaron your brother, and then speak to the rock before their eyes. It will pour forth its water, and you will bring water out of the rock for them, and so you will give the community and their beasts water to drink.”

    9So Moses took the staff from before the LORD, just as he commanded him.

  • Exod 4:17
    72%

    17You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs.”

  • Exod 17:9
    71%

    9So Moses said to Joshua,“Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”

  • Exod 4:2
    70%

    2The LORD said to him,“What is that in your hand?” He said,“A staff.”

  • Num 27:15-17
    3 verses
    70%

    15Then Moses spoke to the LORD:

    16“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community,

    17who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that the community of the LORD may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”

  • Exod 16:9
    69%

    9Then Moses said to Aaron,“Tell the whole community of the Israelites,‘Come before the LORD, because he has heard your murmurings.’”

  • Num 16:7
    69%

    7put fire in them, and set incense on them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses will be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”

  • Num 16:41
    68%

    41But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying,“You have killed the LORD’s people!”

  • Num 14:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11The Punishment from God The LORD said to Moses,“How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them?

    12I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!”

  • Num 16:44
    68%

    44The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 7:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

    9“When Pharaoh says to you,‘Do a miracle,’ and you say to Aaron,‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ it will become a snake.”

  • Num 8:5
    68%

    5The Separation of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 15:17
    68%

    17Rules for First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 16:2
    67%

    2The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

  • Exod 25:22
    67%

    22I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.

  • Num 16:11
    67%

    11Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the LORD! And Aaron– what is he that you murmur against him?”

  • Ezek 20:37
    67%

    37I will make you pass under the shepherd’s staff, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

  • Num 16:20
    67%

    20The Judgment on the Rebels The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Num 11:16
    67%

    16The Response of God The LORD said to Moses,“Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.

  • Exod 16:11
    67%

    11and the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 4:4
    67%

    4But the LORD said to Moses,“Put out your hand and grab it by the tail”– so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand–

  • Exod 7:12
    67%

    12Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

  • Lev 17:1
    67%

    1The Slaughter of Animals The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 14:16
    67%

    16And as for you, lift up your staff and extend your hand toward the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites may go through the middle of the sea on dry ground.

  • Num 11:23
    67%

    23And the LORD said to Moses,“Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!”

  • Num 1:17
    67%

    17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,

  • Num 14:35
    67%

    35I, the LORD, have said,“I will surely do so to all this evil congregation that has gathered together against me. In this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die!”’”

  • Exod 16:33
    67%

    33Moses said to Aaron,“Take a jar and put in it an omer full of manna, and place it before the LORD to be kept for generations to come.”

  • Num 25:10
    67%

    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 30:6
    67%

    6“You are to put it in front of the curtain that is before the ark of the testimony(before the atonement lid that is over the testimony), where I will meet you.