Numbers 17:1 (BSB)

And the LORD said to Moses,

From Numbers 17. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 17:1

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Numbers 17:1: 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses. In this, and similar passages, God appoints the priests to offer the sacrifices; for although they were common to all the people, nevertheless He would have them offered to Him by the hand of one person, and in a particular place: first, because, if they had been allowed to build altars everywhere, His pure and genuine worship would...
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 17:1-7: Here we have, I. Orders given for the bringing in of a rod for every tribe (which was peculiarly significant, for the word here used for a rod sometimes signifies a tribe, as particularly Num 34:13), that God by a miracle, wrought on purpose, might make it known on whom he had conferred the honour of the priesthood. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 17:1: And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After the plague ceased, for the further confirmation of the priesthood in Aaron's family, another method is directed to by the Lord: saying: as follows.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 17:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, (a) While he was in the door of the tabernacle.