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Numbers 17:4

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Numbers 17:4 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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Numbers 17:4 (World English Bible). Public Domain. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool, https://lemma.gebible.app/v/numbers/17/4.

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You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And you shall make them rest in the tent of meeting to the face of the Testimony, where I congregate with you there.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And thou shalt put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before the Arke of the Testimonie, where I wil declare my selfe to you.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and thou hast placed them in the tent of meeting, before the testimony, where I meet with you.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And you have placed them in the Tent of Meeting before the Testimony, where I meet with you.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    You must place the staffs in the tent of meeting in front of the covenant decrees, where I meet with you.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And you shall make them rest in the tent of meeting to the face of the Testimony, where I congregate with you there.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And thou shalt lay them in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Place the walking sticks in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony where I meet with you.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    (17-19) And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

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אִוָּעֵ֥ד
yâʻad
H3259
“to appoint”
Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular
Part of Speech
Verb
Stem
Niphal
Form
Imperfect
Person
1st Person
Gender
Common
Number
Singular
Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 878

to fix, appoint, assemble, meet, set, betroth - (Qal) to appoint, assign, designate - (Niphal) - to meet - to meet by appointment - to gather, assemble by appointment - (Hiphil) to cause to meet - (Hophal) to be set, be placed before, be fixed
  1. וְהִנַּחְתָּ֖ם yânach H3240 “and · to rest · them” Conjunction + Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  2. בְּאֹ֣הֶל ʼôhel H168 “in/at · tent of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  3. מוֹעֵ֑ד môwʻêd H4150 “appointed time” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  4. לִפְנֵי֙ pânîym H6440 “to/for · face(s) of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct
  5. הָֽעֵד֔וּת ʻêdûwth H5715 “the · testimony” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  6. אֲשֶׁ֛ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  8. שָֽׁמָּה shâm H8033 “there · toward” Adverb + Suffix, Demonstrative

About this verse

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9
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8
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
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Shared distinctive vocabulary

אִוָּעֵ֥ד to appoint H3259 occurs in 29 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 4 nouns
  • 1 preposition
  • 1 adverb
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • וְהִנַּחְתָּ֖ם Hiphil · Sequential Perfect
  • אִוָּעֵ֥ד Niphal · Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 18 words from the Hebrew and 21 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Numbers 17:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Exodus 30:36 and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.
  • Exodus 25:16–22 You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.
  • Exodus 29:42–43 It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.
  • Exodus 30:6 You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
  • Numbers 17:7 Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Numbers 17:4 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְהִנַּחְתָּ֖ם בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד לִפְנֵי֙ הָֽעֵד֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֛ר אִוָּעֵ֥ד לָכֶ֖ם שָֽׁמָּה

You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 17:4 Septuagint · lemma form

καί λαμβάνω ελεαζαρ υἱός ἀαρών ὁ ἱερεύς ὁ πυρεῖον ὁ χαλκοῦς ὅσος προςφέρω ὁ κατακαίω καί προςτίθημι αὐτός περίθεμα ὁ θυσιαστήριον

And you shall put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to you.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וּנְסִיב אֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא יָת מַחְתְּיָתָא דִנְחָשָׁא דְקָרִיבוּ יוֹקִידַיָא וְרַדִידֻנוּן חוֹפָאָה לְמַדְבְּחָא

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    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וּנְסֵיב אֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא יַת מַחְתְּיַית נְחָשָׁא דְקָרִיבוּ יַקִידַיָא וְרַדִידִינוּן חַפְיֵי לְגוּפָא דְמַדְבְּחָא דְמִן שֵׁירוּיָא הֲווֹן תַּשְׁמִישְׁתֵּיהּ דְמַדְבְּחָא

    And Elazar the priest took the brasen censers which they who had been burned had carried, and beat them out for a covering for the body of the altar, as they had before used them for the service of the altar:

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 17:4 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Joseph Benson's Commentary

Num 17:4. Before the testimony — That is, before the ark of the testimony, close by the ark. I will meet with you — And manifest my mind to you, for the ending of this dispute.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

17:4 The staffs were in the Lord’s presence (17:7), a safe spot where no one would tamper with them.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(4) Where I will meet with you.—Rather, where I meet with you.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

4. All the staves were placed in front of the ark for that night.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation,.... In the most holy place:

before the testimony; that is, the ark in which the testimony or the law was; here they were laid as in the presence of God, who was in a miraculous way to decide the controversy by them, and put an end to it; for upon the ark was the mercy seat, over which were the cherubim, the seat of the divine Majesty, and where none could come at them, and where no fraud could be supposed to be committed:

where I will meet with you; not with the people in person, who might not go at any time into the most holy place; nor with Aaron, who only might go into it on the day of atonement; but with Moses, the chief ruler and representative of the whole body of the people, and who might go in there at any time, to consult with God about matters of moment and difficulty, and where the Lord had said he would meet him, Exo 25:22; and now would, in a miraculous way, clearly show him, and the people of Israel by him, who was the priest he had chosen of all the tribes.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Before the testimony - See Num 17:10 note.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Before the testimony, i.e. before the ark of the testimony; either mediately, close by the veil behind which the ark stood; or rather immediately, within the veil in the most holy place, close by the ark, as may be gathered by comparing this place with Num 17:10, and with Heb 9:4.

I will meet with you, and manifest my mind to you for the ending of this dispute.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

4. Before the testimony — Or, ark of the covenant containing the testimony of Jehovah. Exo_25:21.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

The tabernacle of the congregation. "The tent of meeting." See on Exo_30:26. Before the testimony, i.e., in front of the ark containing the two tables of the law. (Exo_25:21)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Before the testimony - That is, before the ark of the testimony, close by the ark. I will meet with you - And manifest my mind to you, for the ending of this dispute.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

וירקעום AND THEY EXTENDED THEM — Etendre in O. F.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is yâʻad (“to appoint”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “to appoint” (yâʻad) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. Exodus 21:8 shares the word «to appoint» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  4. The verb «וְהִנַּחְתָּ֖ם» is Hiphil Sequential Perfect. How does its form color the action?
  5. Reading how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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