KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the Lord” | יְהוָ֜ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “said” | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “Moses,” | מֹשֶׁ֗ה | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “Bring” | הָשֵׁ֞ב | To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again | Bring |
| “Aaron's” | אַֽהֲרֹן֙ | Aharon, the brother of Moses | Aarons |
| “rod” | מַטֵּ֤ה | 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) | rod |
| “again before” | לִפְנֵ֣י | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | again before |
| “the testimony,” | הָֽעֵד֔וּת | Testimony | testimony |
| “to be kept” | לְמִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת | Watch, i.e., the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e., (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party | kept |
| “for a token” | לְא֖וֹת | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | token |
| “against the rebels;” | מֶ֑רִי | Bitterness, i.e., (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious | against rebels |
| “and thou shalt quite take away” | וּתְכַ֧ל | To end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume) | quite take away |
| “their murmurings” | תְּלוּנֹּתָ֛ם | A grumbling | murmurings |
| “from” | מֵֽעָלַ֖י | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | from |
| “me, that they die” | יָמֻֽתוּ׃ | To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill | die |
| “not.” | וְלֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
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8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
11 And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
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