Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Numbers 17
tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. "ohel. See App-40.
testimony = the ark of the covenant. Compare Exodus 25:16
you. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "thee".
laid up the rods. Korah's rebellion added two things to the tabernacle: Aaron's rod within, brazen plates without (Numbers 16:39, Numbers 16:40).
tabernacle of witness = tent of (or containing) the testimony (i.e. the ark, and the two tables). App-40. See note on Exodus 25:22.
said. See note on Numbers 3:40.
testimony = the ark of the covenant, as in Numbers 17:4.
rebels. Hebrew sons of rebellion. Genitive of character = rebellious ones.
take away = assuage, or, abate, as in Numbers 17:5. Compare Genesis 8:1.
we perish, we all perish. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), to enhance the alarm of the People.
tabernacle = habitation. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40.
die . . . dying. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), as in Numbers 17:12, to emphasize alarm.
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