King James Version
Numbers 17:1 in the King James Version says “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”
Numbers 17:1 · King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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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“spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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