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Numbers 17

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Opening verses of Numbers 17 (KJV)

17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

17:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of [their] fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.

17:3 And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod [shall be] for the head of the house of their fathers.

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Moses

Approximate study chronology: c. 1471 BC

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