Numbers 17 Cross References - ISV

¹ The Budding of Aaron’s RodThe LORD instructed Moses, ² “Tell the Israelis to take a rod—one from each ancestral house, that is, one from every leader, for a total of twelve rods. Write each tribal name on his rod. ³ You are also to write Aaron’s name on the tribe of Levi, since there is to be one rod for every leader of their ancestral tribes.
⁴ “Then lay them there in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Ark of the Covenant where I’ll meet with you. ⁵ The rod that belongs to the man whom I’ll choose will burst into bloom. That’s how I’ll put a stop to the complaints of the Israelis, who are complaining against you.”
⁶ So Moses spoke to the Israelis, and each of the tribe leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader, according to their ancestral tribes, for a total of twelve rods. Aaron’s rod was one of them. ⁷ Then Moses laid out the rods in the LORD’S presence, inside the Tent of Testimony. ⁸ The next morning, Moses went to the Tent of Testimony and the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had burst into bloom! It sprouted buds, bloomed blossoms, and produced fully ripe almonds! ⁹ Then Moses took out all the rods from the LORD’s presence to show all the Israelis. Everybody looked, and then each man took his rod.
¹⁰ Then the Lord instructed Moses, “Return Aaron’s rod before the testimony to be kept for a reminder against the rebels so that you may put an end to their complaints against me and so that they won’t die.”
¹¹ So Moses did exactly what the LORD had commanded him to do. ¹² Then the Israelis told Moses, “We’re sure to die! We’re all going to perish—all of us! ¹³ Anyone who comes near or approaches the LORD’s tent is to die. Are all of us going to die?”

¹⁰ The scepter will never depart from Judah, nor a ruler’s staff from between his feet, until the One comes, who owns them both, and to him will belong the allegiance of nations.

² “What’s that in your hand?” the LORD asked him.
Moses answered, “A staff.”

¹⁷ Now pick up that staff with your hand. You’ll use it to perform the signs.”

⁵ “Here is a list of names of the men who are to assist you:
“From Reuben: Shedeur’s son Elizur. ⁶ From Simeon: Zurishaddai’s son Shelumiel. ⁷ From Judah: Amminadab’s son Nahshon. ⁸ From Issachar: Zuar’s son Nethanel. ⁹ From Zebulun: Helon’s son Eliab.
¹⁰ “From Joseph’s descendants through Ephraim: Ammihud’s son Elishama. From Manasseh: Pedahzur’s son Gamaliel. ¹¹ From Benjamin: Gideoni’s son Abidan. ¹² From Dan: Ammishaddai’s son Ahiezer. ¹³ From Asher: Ochran’s son Pagiel. ¹⁴ From Gad: Deuel’s son Eliasaph. ¹⁵ From Naphtali: Enan’s son Ahira.”
¹⁶ These men were appointed from within their communities, since they were leaders of their ancestral houses and heads of the tribes of Israel.

³ Eastern Encampment Order“The encampment of Judah is to settle east toward the sunrise under their standard. The leader of Judah is to be Amminadab’s son Nahshon. ⁴ Those in his division number 74,600.
⁵ “The tribe of Issachar is to encamp beside Judah. The leader of Issachar is to be Zuar’s son Nethanel. ⁶ Those in his division number 54,400.
⁷ “Next is to be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of Zebulun is to be Helon’s son Eliab. ⁸ Those in his division number 57,400. ⁹ All those numbered by division in the camp of Judah total 186,400. They are to be the first to travel.”
¹⁰ Southern Encampment Order“Toward the south is to be the division of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of Reuben is to be Shedeur’s son Elizur. ¹¹ Those in his division number 46,500.
¹² “The tribe of Simeon is to camp beside Reuben. The leader of Simeon is to be Zurishaddai’s son Shelumiel. ¹³ Those in his division number 59,300.
¹⁴ “Next is to be the tribe of Gad. The leader of Gad is to be Deuel’s son Eliasaph. ¹⁵ Those in his division number 45,650. ¹⁶ All those numbered by division in the camp of Reuben total 151,450. They are to be the second to travel.”
¹⁷ Tribe at the Center“Then the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the descendants of Levi in the middle of the camps. They are to travel just as they have camped, each as designated under his standard.”
¹⁸ Western Encampment Order“Toward the west is to be the division of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of Ephraim is to be Ammihud’s son Elishama. ¹⁹ Those in his division number 40,500.
²⁰ “The tribe of Manasseh is to encamp beside them. The leader of Manasseh is to be Pedahzur’s son Gamaliel. ²¹ Those in his division number 32,200.
²² “Next is to be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of Benjamin is to be Gideoni’s son Abidan. ²³ Those in his division number 35,400. ²⁴ All those numbered by division in the camp Ephraim total 108,100. They are to be the third to travel.”
²⁵ Northern Encampment Order“Toward the north is to be the division of the camp of Dan under their standard. The leader of Dan is to be Ammishaddai’s son Ahiezer. ²⁶ Those in his division number 62,700.
²⁷ “The tribe of Asher is to encamp beside them. The leader of Asher is to be Ochran’s son Pagiel. ²⁸ Those in his division number 41,500.
²⁹ “Next is to be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of Naphtali is to be Enan’s son Ahira. ³⁰ Those in his division number 53,400.

¹⁴ The standard of the camp of Judah was the first to travel, accompanied by its army with Amminadab’s son Nahshon in charge. ¹⁵ Zuar’s son Nethanel was in charge of the camp of Issachar. ¹⁶ Helon’s son Eliab was in charge of the camp of Zebulun. ¹⁷ The tent was taken down, and the descendants of Gershon and Merari carried the tent.
¹⁸ Then the standard of the camp of Reuben set out, accompanied by its army with Shedeur’s son Elizur in charge. ¹⁹ Zurishaddai’s son Shelumiel was in charge of the tribe of Simeon. ²⁰ Deuel’s son Eliasaph was in charge of the tribe of Gad. ²¹ Then the descendants of Kohath, carrying the sanctuary, set out, since the tent was to be set up before they arrive.
²² After this, the standard of the camp of Ephraim set out, accompanied by its army with Ammihud’s son Elishama in charge. ²³ Pedazzur’s son Gamaliel was in charge of the tribe of Manasseh. ²⁴ Gideoni’s son Abidan was in charge of the army of the tribe of Benjamin.
²⁵ Then the standard of the camp of Dan set out, functioning as the rear guard for all the encampments, accompanied by its army with Ammishaddai’s son Ahiezer. ²⁶ Ochran’s son Pagiel was in charge of the tribe of Asher. ²⁷ Enan’s son Ahira was in charge of the tribe of Naphtali.

² When the LORD extends your mighty scepter from Zion, rule in the midst of your enemies.

³ For evil’s scepter will not rest on the land that has been allotted to the righteous, and so the righteous will not direct themselves to do wrong.

¹⁴ Fire had burned through its branches, consuming its shoots and fruits. No strong branches remain in it, and there is no scepter to rule!’
“This is a lamentation, and it is to be used in mourning.”

¹⁰ It’s being sharpened for slaughter, and being polished to gleam like lightning.’ “We shouldn’t be rejoicing, should we, while my Son’s scepter, the sword, is despising every tree?

¹³ because testing is sure to come.
‘In putting the sword to the test along with the scepter, it won’t keep on rejecting, will it?’ declares the Lord GOD.”

¹⁶ “Now as for you, Son of Man, grab a stick of wood for yourself and write on it these words: ‘FOR JUDAH AND THE ISRAELIS, HIS COMPANIONS’
“Then grab another stick and write on it: ‘FOR JOSEPH, THE STICK OF EPHRAIM, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, HIS COMPANIONS’
¹⁷ “Then join them together end-to-end so that they become a single baton in your hand. ¹⁸ When the descendants of your people ask you, ‘Would you please explain to us what you mean by this?’ ¹⁹ you are to tell them, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Watch me! I’m taking the baton that represents Joseph, which Ephraim is holding in his hand, along with his companions the tribes of Israel, and I’m going to join them with the baton that represents Judah. I’m making them a single baton, that is, a complete baton in my hand.”
²⁰ “The batons on which you engrave your writing are to remain right in front of them in your hand.

¹⁴ Use your rod to shepherd your people, the flock that belongs to you, that lives alone in the forest of Carmel. Let them find pasture in Bashan and Gilead, as they did long ago.

¹⁶ These are the names of Levi’s sons according to their genealogies: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

²⁰ Amram married Jochebed, his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived for 137 years.

² The sons of Aaron were Nadab the first-born, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar ³ who were anointed priests and whom he consecrated as priests.

¹ Responsibilities for Priests and Descendants of LeviLater, the LORD told Aaron, “You, your sons, and your father’s tribe with you are to bear the iniquity of the sanctuary. Also, you and your sons with you are to bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

⁷ Now you and your sons with you are to maintain your priestly duties and all matters that concern the altar and what is housed within the veil. You are to perform these services. I’m giving you the priesthood as a gift of service, but any unauthorized person who approaches is to be put to death.”

¹⁶ You are to put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
¹⁷ “You are to make a Mercy Seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. ¹⁸ You are to make two cherubim of gold; you are to make them of hammered work at the two ends of the Mercy Seat. ¹⁹ Place one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. You are to make the cherubim at the two ends of the Mercy Seat, and of one piece with it. ²⁰ The cherubim are to spread their wings upward, covering the Mercy Seat with their wings and facing each other. The faces of the cherubim is to be turned toward the Mercy Seat. ²¹ You are to put the Mercy Seat on top of the ark, and put the Testimony that I’ll give you into the ark. ²² I’ll meet with you there, and I’ll tell you all my commandments for the Israelis from above the Mercy Seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the Ark of the Testimony.”

⁴² It is to be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway to the Tent of Meeting in the LORD’s presence, where I’ll meet with you to speak to you there. ⁴³ I’ll meet there with the Israelis, and it is to be consecrated by my glory.

⁶ You are to put the altar in front of the curtain that is over the Ark of the Testimony, in front of the Mercy Seat that is over the Testimony where I’ll meet with you.

³⁶ You are to grind some of it fine, and put some before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting where I will meet with you. It is to be most holy to you.

⁷ Then Moses laid out the rods in the LORD’S presence, inside the Tent of Testimony.

⁵ Then he addressed Korah and his entire company, “In the morning, may the LORD reveal who belongs to him and who is holy. May he cause that person to approach him. May he cause to approach him the one whom he has chosen.

¹¹ Therefore you and your group have conspired against the LORD and Aaron. What is it that causes you to complain against him?”

⁸ The next morning, Moses went to the Tent of Testimony and the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had burst into bloom! It sprouted buds, bloomed blossoms, and produced fully ripe almonds!

¹⁰ Then the Lord instructed Moses, “Return Aaron’s rod before the testimony to be kept for a reminder against the rebels so that you may put an end to their complaints against me and so that they won’t die.”

²⁴ The Effects of Divine JudgmentTherefore, as flames of fire devour straw, as dry grass collapses in flames, so their root will be rotten, and their blossom will blow away like dust, because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

¹ The Reign of the Davidic King “A shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch will bear fruit from his roots.

¹¹ I’ll punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I’ll put an end to the pomposity of the arrogant, and overthrow the insolence of tyrants.

⁶ In times to come, Jacob will take root, and Israel will blossom, sprout shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit.

¹ The Future of Israel’s Land “The desert and the dry land will rejoice; the desert will celebrate and blossom. Like crocuses, ² it will burst into bloom, and rejoice with gladness and shouts of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

⁴¹ Then they’ll burn your houses and carry out my sentence against you in the sight of many women.
“That’s how I’ll make you stop your prostitution so you won’t pay any prostitute’s fees anymore.

²⁷ That’s how I’ll put an end to your obscene conduct and sexual immorality that you kept on practicing since the day you left the land of Egypt so that you won’t look in Egypt’s direction or even remember it anymore.’

⁵ I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.

²¹ The Record of MaterialsHere is a summary of materials for the Tent of Meeting that was compiled at Moses’ direction, the work of the descendants of Levi under the direction of Aaron the priest’s son Ithamar.

² Moreover, bring your brothers from your father’s tribe of Levi with you, so they may join you and minister to you while you and your sons with you stand in the presence of the Tent of Testimony.

⁴⁴ “Our ancestors had the Tent of Testimony in the wilderness constructed, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

¹⁰ On the vine were three branches that budded. Blossoms shot out, and clusters grew up that produced ripe grapes.

⁵ The rod that belongs to the man whom I’ll choose will burst into bloom. That’s how I’ll put a stop to the complaints of the Israelis, who are complaining against you.”

¹⁷ There I will create a power base for David— I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one. ¹⁸ I will clothe his enemies with disgrace, but on him his crown will shine.”

³ The Loved OneLike an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I take delight and sit down, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

² The Future Glory of Jerusalem“At that time, the LORD’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel and Judah.

²⁴ Then all the trees of the fields will know that I, the LORD, bring down the lofty tree and exalt the lowly tree. I dry up the green tree and cause the dry tree to bud. I the LORD have spoken this, and I will fulfill it.”

¹² Yet in anger it was uprooted and cast down to the earth. An east wind desiccated its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered, and a fire consumed them.

¹ Jesus the True Vine “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vintner. ² He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit. ³ You are already clean because of what I’ve spoken to you.
⁴ “Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.

⁴ which had the gold altar for incense and the Ark of the Covenant completely covered with gold. In it were the gold jar holding the manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the Tablets of the Covenant.

³² Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Set aside one omer of it for future generations, so that they may see the food with which I fed you in the desert when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

³⁸ As for the censers of those rebels who died, fasten them into beaten plates to line the altar. Since they brought them into the LORD’s presence, they’re holy. They are to become a reminder to the Israelis.”

⁴⁰ to serve as a memorial to the Israelis, a reminder that no unauthorized person, who isn’t a descendant of Aaron, is to attempt to burn incense in the LORD’S presence, so that he may not become like Korah and his group, just as the LORD had spoken by the authority of Moses.

²⁴ You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I knew you.

¹⁹ Moses Instructed to Teach a Song“Now write this song and teach it to the Israelis. Put this song in their very mouths, so that it will be a witness for me against the Israelis, ²⁰ because after I’ve brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey that I promised to their ancestors by an oath, they’ll eat, grow fat, and then they’ll turn to other gods and serve them, while despising me and breaking my covenant. ²¹ Then, when many evils and troubles will have come upon them, this song will serve as a witness against them, since their descendants won’t fail to sing it. I know the plan that they are devising even before I bring them into the land that I promised them by an oath.”
²² So Moses wrote the song that very day and taught it to the Israelis. ²³ Then the LORD charged Nun’s son Joshua, “Be strong and courageous, because you’ll bring the Israelis to the land that I promised to them by an oath. I’ll be with you.”
²⁴ When Moses had finished writing the words of this Law in a book, ²⁵ he gave this charge to the descendants of Levi who carried the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD: ²⁶ “Take the book of this Law and set it beside the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God. Let it remain there with you as witness against you,

¹² Eli’s Wicked SonsNow the sons of Eli were worthless men who did not know the LORD.

²² At this point, all the wicked and worthless men of the group who had gone with David answered, “Because they didn’t go with us, we won’t give them any of the spoil that we recovered, except that each person may take his wife and his children and go.”

⁴ I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire— that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows— whose tongues are like sharp swords.

² Rebellious JudahListen, you heavens, and let the earth pay attention, because the LORD has spoken: “I reared children and brought them to adulthood, but then they rebelled against me.

⁹ “From the time of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel; There they took their stand; the battle at Gibeah could not subdue the lawless.

² that you once practiced as you lived according to the ways of this present world and according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now active in those who are disobedient. ³ Indeed, all of us once behaved like them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we were destined for wrath, just like everyone else.

⁶ Living in the LightDo not let anyone deceive you with meaningless words, for it is because of these things that God becomes angry with those who disobey.

¹¹ but Korah’s direct descendants didn’t die.

⁷ Indeed, we are consumed by your anger and terrified by your wrath.

³ A man’s foolishness ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

⁵ “How terrible it will be for me!” I cried, “because I am ruined! I’m a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies!”

¹⁶ For I won’t accuse forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the human spirit would grow faint before me— even the souls that I have created.

⁵ You have forgotten the encouragement that is addressed to you as sons: “My son, do not think lightly of the Lord’s discipline or give up when you are corrected by him.

³ “but as for the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You are not to eat from it, nor are you to touch it, or you will die.’”

⁵¹ Whenever the tent is ready for travel, the descendants of Levi are to take it down. When it’s time to encamp, the descendants of Levi are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it is to be executed. ⁵² Then the Israelis are to encamp around the tent, arranged according to their company and the standard of their army. ⁵³ But the descendants of Levi are to encamp on all sides of the Tent of Meeting so that divine wrath won’t fall on the congregation of Israel. The descendants of Levi are to take care of the Tent of Meeting.”

²⁶ Then he told the community, “Move away from the camps of these wicked men and don’t touch anything that belongs to them. That way you won’t be destroyed along with all their sins.”

⁴ They are to join you to maintain services related to the Tent of Meeting, for all the responsibilities involved with the tent. But no unauthorized person is to approach you. ⁵ Take care of the sanctuary and the services of the altar so that there won’t be any more wrath on the Israelis. ⁶ Notice that I’ve taken your brothers, the descendants of Levi, from among the Israelis, giving them to you as a gift from the LORD to perform the service of the Tent of Meeting. ⁷ Now you and your sons with you are to maintain your priestly duties and all matters that concern the altar and what is housed within the veil. You are to perform these services. I’m giving you the priesthood as a gift of service, but any unauthorized person who approaches is to be put to death.”

¹³ “The LORD’s anger had flared up against Israel so that he made them wander in the wilderness for 40 years until that whole generation, who committed evil in the eyes of the LORD, had died.

¹⁶ Israel Passes through Ammonite Territory“And so all the soldiers among the people died.

¹⁹ God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the Ark of the LORD. He struck down 50,070 men among the people, and the people mourned because the LORD struck down the people with a great slaughter. ²⁰ The men of Beth-shemesh asked themselves, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? And to whom will the Ark go from here?”
²¹ They sent messengers to the residents of Kiriath-jearim, who told them, “The Philistines have returned the Ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”

⁶ When they arrived at Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out and grabbed the Ark of God because the oxen had stumbled. ⁷ Just then, the anger of the LORD blazed against Uzzah, and God struck him down right there because of his failure, and he died there beside the Ark of God.
⁸ David flew into a rage because the LORD had killed Uzzah. That’s why that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day. ⁹ But David feared the LORD that day, and asked, “How can the Ark of God come to me?” ¹⁰ As a result, David was unwilling to take the ark of the LORD into his care in the City of David. Instead, David left it at the home of Obed-edom the Gittite. ¹¹ So the ark of the LORD remained for three months in the household of Obed-edom the Gittite while the LORD blessed Obed-edom and his entire household.
¹² Later on, David was informed, “The LORD has blessed the home of Obed-edom and everything he has since he’s in possession of the Ark of God.” So David went out joyfully and brought up the Ark of God to the City of David from Obed-edom’s home.

¹¹ David flew into a rage because the LORD had killed Uzzah. As a result, that place was called Perez-uzzah to this day. ¹² But David feared God that day, and asked “How am I to bring the Ark of God to me?” ¹³ As a result, David would not take the ark into the City of David for it to be in his care. Instead, he took it to the home of Obed-edom the Gittite.

¹³ Because you didn’t carry it from the very first, the LORD our God attacked us, since we didn’t care for it appropriately.”

¹⁴ If he were to decide to do so, that is, to take back to himself his spirit and breath of life, ¹⁵ every living thing would die all at once, and mankind would return to dust.”

³ LORD, if you were to record iniquities, Lord, who could remain standing? ⁴ But with you there is forgiveness, so that you may be feared.

²² But as for you, don’t start mocking, or your chains will become tighter; for I have heard from the LORD of the Heavenly Armies about destruction, and it is decreed against the whole land.

⁵ When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear seized everyone who heard about it.

¹¹ And great fear seized the whole church and everyone else who heard about this.
¹² The Apostles Perform Many MiraclesNow many signs and wonders were being performed by the apostles among the people, who were gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade. ¹³ None of the others dared join them, although the rest of the people continued to hold them in high regard. ¹⁴ Nevertheless, believers were being added to the Lord in increasing numbers—both men and women.

¹³ But now, in union with the Messiah Jesus, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

¹⁹ How We Should LiveTherefore, my brothers, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), ²¹ and since we have a great high priest over the household of God, ²² let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in the full assurance that faith provides, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.