1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 "Speak unto the children of Israel and take of them, for every principal house, a rod, of their princes over the houses of their fathers: even twelve rods, and write every man's name upon his rod.
3 And write Aaron's name upon the staff of Levi: for every headman over the houses of their fathers shall have a rod.
4 And put them in the tabernacle of witness where I will meet you.
5 And his rod whom I chose, shall blossom: So I will make cease from me the grudgings of the children of Israel which they grudge against you."
6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and all the princes gave him for every prince over their fathers' houses, a rod: even twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among the rods.
7 And Moses put the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
8 And on the morrow, Moses went in to the tabernacle: and behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi was budded and bare blossoms and almonds.
9 And Moses brought out all the staves from before the LORD, unto all the children of Israel, and they looked upon them, and took every man his staff.
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, "Bring Aaron's rod again before the witness to be kept for a token unto the children of rebellion, that their murmurings may cease from me, that they die not."
11 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him.
12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, "Behold, we are destroyed and all come to nought:
13 for whosoever cometh nigh the dwelling of the LORD, dieth. Shall we utterly consume away?"
Numbers 17 Cross References - MSTC
Genesis 49:10
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a ruler from between his legs, until Shiloh come, unto whom the people shall hearken.
Exodus 4:2
2 Then the LORD said unto him, "What is that in thine hand?" And he said, "A rod."
Exodus 4:17
17 and take this rod in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do miracles."
Numbers 1:5-16
5 "And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: in Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
6 In Simeon, Shelumiel: the son of Zurishaddai;
7 In the tribe of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
8 In Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;
9 In Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon.
10 Among the children of Joseph: In Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; In Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
11 In Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeoni;
12 In Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;
13 In Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;
14 In Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
15 In Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan."
16 These were councilors of the congregation and lords in the tribes of their fathers and captains over thousands in Israel.
Numbers 2:3-30
3 On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, shall they of the standard of the host of Judah pitch with their arms; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain over the sons of Judah:
4 and his host, and the number of them, seventy four thousand and six hundred.
5 And next unto him shall the tribe of Issachar pitch; and Nethanel the son of Zuar captain over the children of Issachar:
6 his host, and the number of them, fifty four thousand and four hundred.
7 And then the tribe of Zebulun; with Eliab the son of Helon, captain over the children of Zebulun:
8 and his host, in the number of them, fifty seven thousand and four hundred.
9 So that all they that pertain unto the host of Judah, are a hundred thousand eighty six thousand and four hundred in their companies: and these shall go in the forefront, when they journey.
10 "And on the south side, the standard of the host of Reuben shall lie with their companies; and the captain over the sons of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur:
11 and his host, and the number of them, forty six thousand, and five hundred.
12 And fast by him shall the tribe of Simeon pitch; and the captain over the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai:
13 and his host, and the number of them, forty nine thousand and three hundred.
14 And the tribe of Gad also; and the captain over the sons of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel:
15 and his host, and the number of them, forty five thousand six hundred and fifty.
16 So that all the number that pertain unto the host of Reuben, are a hundred thousand, fifty one thousand, four hundred and fifty, with their companies: and they shall be the second in the journey.
17 "And the tabernacle of witness, with the host of the Levites, shall go in the midst of the hosts: as they lie in their tents, even so shall they proceed in the journey, every man in his quarter about their standards.
18 "On the west side, the standard and the host of Ephraim shall lie with their companies; and the captain over the sons of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud:
19 and his host, and the number of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
20 And fast by him, the tribe of Manasseh; and the captain over the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur:
21 and his host, and the number of them, thirty two thousand and two hundred.
22 And the tribe of Benjamin also; and the captain over the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeoni:
23 and his host and the number of them thirty five thousand and four hundred.
24 All the number that pertained unto the host of Ephraim, were a hundred thousand eight thousand and a hundred in their hosts: and they shall be the third in the journey.
25 "And the standard and the host of Dan shall lie on the north side with their companies; and the captain over the children of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai:
26 and his host, and the number of them, sixty two thousand and seven hundred.
27 And fast by him shall the tribe of Asher pitch; and the captain over the sons of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran:
28 and his host, and the number of them, forty one thousand and five hundred.
29 And the tribe of Naphtali also; and the captain over the children of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan:
30 and his host, and the number of them, fifty three thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 10:14-27
14 even the standard of the host of Judah removed first with their armies, whose captain was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar, was Nethanel the son of Zuar.
16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulon, was Eliab the son of Helon.
17 And the habitation was taken down: and the sons of Gershon and Merari went forth bearing the habitation.
18 Then the standard of the host of Reuben went forth with their armies, whose captain was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon, was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
21 Then the Kohathites went forward and bare the holy things, and the other did set up the habitation against they came.
22 Then the standard of the host of the children of Ephraim went forth with their armies, whose captain was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
23 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
24 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, was Abidan the son of Gedeoni.
25 And hindmost of all the host came the standard of the host of the children of Dan with their armies: whose captain was, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher, was Pagiel the son of Ochran.
27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, was Ahira the son of Enan.
Psalms 110:2
2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy power out of Zion; be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine enemies.
Psalms 125:3
3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous, lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness.
Ezekiel 19:14
14 And there is a fire gone out of her stalks, which hath burnt up her branches and her fruit: so that she hath no more strong stalks, to be staves for officers. This is a piteous and miserable thing."
Ezekiel 21:10
10 Sharpened is it for the slaughter, and scoured that it may be bright. O, the destroying staff of my son shall bring down all wood.
Ezekiel 21:13
13 And what a trial shall this be, when even my scepter shall be reproved? That shall not be, sayeth the LORD God.
Ezekiel 37:16-20
16 "Thou son of man, take a stick and write upon it, 'Unto Judah; and to the children of Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick, and write upon it, 'Unto Joseph, the stock of Ephraim; and to all the household of Israel, his companions.'
17 And then take both these together in thine hand, so shall there be one stick thereof.
18 Now if the children of thy people say unto thee, 'Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?'
19 Then give them this answer, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will take the stock of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them to the stock of Judah, and make them one stock, and they shall be one in my hand.'
20 And the two sticks whereupon thou writest, shalt thou have in thine hand, that they may see,
Micah 7:14
14 Therefore feed thy people with thy rod; the flock of thine heritage which dwell desolate in the wood: that they may be fed upon the mount of Carmel, Bashan and Gilead as afore time.
Exodus 6:16
16 These are the names of the children of Levi in their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. And Levi lived a hundred and thirty seven years.
Exodus 6:20
20 And Amram took Jochebed his niece to wife which bare him Aaron and Moses. And Amram lived a hundred and thirty seven years.
Numbers 3:2-3
Numbers 18:1
1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, "Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in the holy place. And thou and thy sons with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in your priesthood.
Numbers 18:7
7 And see that both thou and thy sons with thee take heed unto your priests' office, in all things that pertain unto the altar and within the veil. And see that ye serve, for I have given your priests' office unto you for a gift to do service: and the stranger that cometh nigh, shall die."
Exodus 25:16-22
16 And thou shalt put in the ark, the witness which I shall give thee.
17 "And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half long and a cubit and a half broad.
18 And make two cherubims of thick gold on the two ends of the mercy seat;
19 and set the one cherub on the one end and the other on the other end of the mercy seat: so see that thou make them on the two ends thereof.
20 And the cherubims shall stretch their wings abroad over on high, and cover the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another: even to the mercy seat ward, shall the faces of the cherubims be.
21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the witness which I will give thee.
22 "There I will meet thee and will commune with thee from upon the mercy seat from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of witness, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 29:42-43
Exodus 30:6
6 And thou shalt put it before the veil that hangeth before the ark of witness, and before the mercy seat that is before the witness, where I will meet thee.
Exodus 30:36
36 And beat it to powder and put it before the witness in the tabernacle of witness, where I will meet thee, but let it be unto you holy.
Numbers 17:7
7 And Moses put the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 16:5
5 and spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will show who is his and who is holy, and will take them unto him, and whomsoever he hath chosen, he will cause to come to him.
Numbers 16:11
11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: for what is Aaron, that ye should murmur against him?"
Numbers 17:8
8 And on the morrow, Moses went in to the tabernacle: and behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi was budded and bare blossoms and almonds.
Numbers 17:10
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, "Bring Aaron's rod again before the witness to be kept for a token unto the children of rebellion, that their murmurings may cease from me, that they die not."
Isaiah 5:24
24 Therefore like as fire licketh up the straw, and as the flame consumeth the stubble: Even so - when their root is full - their blossom shall vanish away like dust or smoke. For they have cast away the law of the LORD of Hosts, and blaspheme the word of the holy maker of Israel.
Isaiah 11:1
1 There shall come a rod out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall spring out of his root.
Isaiah 13:11
11 And I will punish the wickedness of the world, and the sins of the ungodly, sayeth the LORD. The high stomachs of the proud will I take away, and will lay down the boasting of tyrants.
Isaiah 27:6
6 It will come to this point, that Jacob shall be rooted again, and Israel shall be green, and bear flowers, and they shall fill the whole world with their fruit.
Isaiah 35:1-2
1 But the desert and wilderness shall rejoice, the waste ground shall be glad, and flourish as the lily.
2 She shall flourish pleasantly, and be joyful, and ever be giving thanks more and more. For the glory of Lebanon, the beauty of Carmel and Sharon shall be given her. These shall know the honour of the LORD, and the majesty of our God.
Ezekiel 16:41
41 They shall burn up thy houses, and punish thee in the sight of many women. Thus will I make thy whoredom to cease, so that thou shalt give out no more rewards.
Ezekiel 23:27
27 Thus will I make an end of thy filthiness and whoredom, which thou hast brought out from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt turn thine eyes no more after them, and cast thy mind no more upon Egypt.
Hosea 14:5
5 I will be as dew to Israel, and he shall flourish as a lily, and stretch out his roots as Lebanon.
Exodus 38:21
21 This is the sum of the habitation of witness, which was counted at the commandment of Moses: and was the office of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar son to Aaron the priest.
Numbers 18:2
2 And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father take with thee, and let them be joined unto thee and minister unto thee. And thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
Acts 7:44
44 "Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed them, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen:
Genesis 40:10
10 and in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth: and the grapes thereof waxed ripe.
Numbers 17:5
5 And his rod whom I chose, shall blossom: So I will make cease from me the grudgings of the children of Israel which they grudge against you."
Psalms 132:17-18
Song of Songs 2:3
3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. In his shadow was my desire to sit, for his fruit was sweet to my mouth.
Isaiah 4:2
2 After that time shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and mighty, and the fruit of the earth shall be fair and pleasant for those Israelites that shall spring thereof.
Ezekiel 17:24
24 And all the trees of the field shall know, that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, and set the low tree up: that I have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: Even I the LORD that spake it, have also brought it to pass.'"
Ezekiel 19:12
12 she was rooted out in displeasure, and cast down to the ground. The East wind dried up her fruit; her strong stalks were broken off, withered, and burnt in the fire.
John 15:1-6
1 I am the true vine, and my father is a husbandman.
2 Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit.
3 Now are ye clean, through the words which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and let me abide in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, and ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without me can ye do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men gather it and cast it into the fire, and it burneth.
Hebrews 9:4
4 which had the golden censer, and the ark of the testament overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot with manna, and Aaron's rod that sprung, and the tables of the testament.
Exodus 16:32
32 And Moses said, "This is that which the LORD commandeth: fill a gomer of it, that it may be kept for your children after you: that they may see the bread wherewith he fed you in wilderness, when he had brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Numbers 16:38
38 for the censers of these sinners are hallowed in their deaths: and let them be beaten into thin plates and fastened upon the altar. For they offered them before the LORD, and therefore they are holy and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel."
Numbers 16:40
40 to be a remembrance unto the children of Israel, that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer cense before the LORD, that he be not made like unto Korah and his company: as the LORD said unto him by the hand of Moses.
Deuteronomy 9:24
24 Thus ye have been disobedient unto the LORD, since the day that I knew you.
Deuteronomy 31:19-26
19 Now, therefore, write ye this song, and teach it the children of Israel and put it in their mouths — that this song may be my witness unto the children of Israel.
20 For when I have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers that runneth with milk and honey, then they will eat and fill themselves and wax fat and turn unto strange gods and serve them and rail on me and break my covenant.
21 And then, when much mischief and tribulation is come upon them, this song shall answer before them, and be a witness. It shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about even now before I have brought them into the land which I sware."
22 And Moses wrote this song the same season, and taught it the children of Israel.
23 And the Lord gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge and said, "Be bold and strong, for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them, and I will be with thee."
24 When Moses had made an end of writing out the words of this law in a book, unto the end of them,
25 he commanded the Levites which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
26 "Take the book of this law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and let it be there for a witness unto thee.
1 Samuel 2:12
12 But the sons of Eli were unthrifty children, and knew not the LORD. For the manner of the priests with the people was:
1 Samuel 30:22
22 Then answered all the wicked and the unthrifty of the men that went with David, and said, "Because they went not with us, therefore shall none of the prey that we have recovered be given unto them, save to every man his wife and his children: which let them carry away and be walking."
Psalms 57:4
4 I lie with my soul among the cruel lions; even among the children of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Isaiah 1:2
2 Hear O heaven, and hearken O earth, for the LORD hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they are fallen away from me.
Hosea 10:9
9 O Israel, thou hast sinned as Gibeah did afore time, where they remained: should not the battle then come upon the wicked children, as well as upon the Gibeonites?
Ephesians 2:2-3
2 in the which, in time past, ye walked, according to the course of this world, and after the governor that ruleth in the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of unbelief,
3 among which we also had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of our flesh, and fulfilled the will of the flesh, and of the mind: and were naturally the children of wrath, even as well as others.
Ephesians 5:6
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words. For through such things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of unbelief.
Numbers 26:11
11 Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not.
Psalms 90:7
7 For we consume away in thy displeasure, and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.
Proverbs 19:3
3 Foolishness maketh a man to go out of his way, and then is his heart impatient against the LORD.
Isaiah 6:5
5 Then I said, "O woe is me! For I am lost: inasmuch as I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell among people that hath unclean lips also. For mine eyes have seen the King and LORD of Hosts."
Isaiah 57:16
16 For I chide not ever, and am not wroth without end. But the blasting goeth from me, though I make the breath.
Hebrews 12:5
5 And ye have forgotten the consolation which speaketh unto you, as unto children, "My son despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Genesis 3:3
3 but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, said God, see that ye eat not, and see that ye touch it not: lest ye die."
Numbers 1:51-53
51 And when the tabernacle goeth forth, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is pitched, they shall set it up: for if any stranger come near, he shall die.
52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man in his own company and every man by his own standard throughout all their hosts.
53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the habitation of witness, that there fall no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall wait upon the habitation of witness."
Numbers 16:26
26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, "Depart from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs: lest ye perish in all their sins."
Numbers 18:4-7
4 And let them be by thee and wait on the tabernacle of witness, and on all the service of the tabernacle, and let no stranger come nigh unto you.
5 Wait therefore upon the holy place and upon the altar, that there fall no more wrath upon the children of Israel:
6 behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among children of Israel, to be yours, as gifts given unto the LORD to do the service of the tabernacle of witness.
7 And see that both thou and thy sons with thee take heed unto your priests' office, in all things that pertain unto the altar and within the veil. And see that ye serve, for I have given your priests' office unto you for a gift to do service: and the stranger that cometh nigh, shall die."
Numbers 32:13
13 And the LORD was angry with Israel, and made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD were consumed.
Deuteronomy 2:16
16 And as soon as all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
1 Samuel 6:19-21
19 And he plagued the men of Bethshemesh, because they had seen the ark of the LORD. And he slew of the people fifty thousand and three score and ten persons. And the people lamented, because the LORD had slain so great a slaughter of them.
20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, "Who is able to stand before the LORD, so holy a God, and to whom shall he go from us?"
21 And they sent messengers to the inhabiters of Kiriathjearim saying, "The Philistines have brought home again the Ark of the LORD: come down and fetch it up to you."
2 Samuel 6:6-12
6 And when they came to Nacon's threshing floor, Uzzah put his hand to the ark of God and held it, for the oxen stumbled.
7 And the LORD was wrath with Uzzah; and God smote him in the same place for his fault, and there he died by the ark of God.
8 And David was displeased because the LORD had rent Uzzah. And the name of the place was called Perezuzzah until this day.
9 And David was then afraid of the LORD and said, "How should the Ark of the LORD come to my house?"
10 And so David would not bring the Ark of the LORD with him into the city of David. But carried it into the house of Obededom, a Gittite.
11 And the Ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite, three months; and the LORD blessed Obededom and all his household.
12 And when it was told king David how that the LORD had blessed the house of Obededom and all that pertained unto him, because of the Ark of God, he went and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obededom unto the city of David with gladness.
1 Chronicles 13:11-13
11 And there he died before God. And David was displeased, because the LORD had rent a rent in Uzzah, and called the said place Perezuzzah unto this day.
12 And David was so afraid of God that day, that he said, "How shall I bring the Ark of God home to me?"
13 And so David brought not the Ark home to him in the city of David: But turned it in to the house of Obededom o Gittite,
1 Chronicles 15:13
13 For because ye were not there at the first time, the LORD our God made a rent among us, for that we sought him not as the fashion ought to be."
Job 34:14-15
Psalms 130:3-4
Isaiah 28:22
22 And therefore make no mocks at it, that your captivity increase not. For I have heard the LORD God of Hosts say that there shall come a sudden destruction and plague upon the whole earth.
Acts 5:5
5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and gave up the ghost. And great fear came on all them that these things heard.
Acts 5:11-14
11 And great fear came on all the congregation; and on as many as heard it.
12 By the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders showed among the people. And they were all together with one accord in Solomon's porch.
13 And of other durst no man join himself to them: neverthelater, the people magnified them.
14 The number of them that believed in the Lord, both of men and women, grew more and more
Ephesians 2:13
13 But now in Christ Jesus, ye which a while ago were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Hebrews 10:19-22
19 Seeing, brethren, that by the means of the blood of Jesus, we may be bold to enter into that holy place,
20 by the new and living way, which he hath prepared for us, through the veil, that is to say by his flesh.
21 And seeing also that we have a high priest which is ruler over the house of God,
22 let us draw nigh with a true heart in a full faith sprinkled in our hearts, from an evil conscience, and washed in our bodies with pure water,