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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Numbers 17:2

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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a rod: The word matteh signifies a staff, or sceptre, which the prince or chief of each tribe bore, and which was the sign of office or royalty among almost all the people of the earth. all their princes: Num 1:5-16, 2:3-30, Num 10:14-27 twelve rods: Gen 49:10; Exo 4:2, Exo 4:17; Psa 110:2, Psa 125:3; Eze 19:14, Eze 21:10, Eze 21:13; Eze 37:16-20; Mic 7:14 Numbers 17:3
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