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Numbers 17:2Num.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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Parle aux enfants d'Israël, et prends d'eux une verge selon les maisons de leurs pères, soit douze verges de la part de tous leurs princes selon les maisons de leurs pères. Tu écriras le nom de chacun sur sa verge,

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 153 (Migne)

    tradicat, tamen paucorum sententia canonice eligentium sequenda est, multitudinis error reprobandus (Num. XVII, 2, 10) . Pontifex ille si tanquam Aaron vocatus sit, non se ingerens in honorem, hominibus prodesse potest. Sic et Christus simili de causa suis auxiliari potest, quia…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)

    nii: virga autem Aaron post alterum diem invenitur produxisse flores et frondes, et peperisse nuces (Num. XVII, 2-8) . Ecce prophetia et figura. Jesse fuit pater David; radix Jesse familia Judaeorum. Virga est Maria, flos filius ejus, super quem descendit Spiritus sanctus in spec…

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