On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes.
Numbers 17:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The next day Moses entered the tent of the testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, formed buds, blossomed, and produced almonds! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and brought forth buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds. Common English Bible The next day Moses entered the covenant tent, and Aaron’s staff of Levi’s household had sprouted. It grew shoots, produced blossoms, and bore almonds. Catholic Public Domain Version returning on the following day, he found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, had germinated, and that the swelling buds had opened into flowers, which, spreading their petals, were formed into those of an almond tree. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded: and that the buds swelling, it had bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds. |
On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes.
Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest, so is my love among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
On that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord. I bring down the tall tree, and make the low tree tall. I cause the green tree to wither and make the withered tree thrive. I, the Lord, have spoken and I will do it.” ’
But it was uprooted in fury, thrown to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were torn off and dried up; fire consumed them.
Fire has gone out from its main branch and has devoured its fruit, so that it no longer has a strong branch, a sceptre for ruling. This is a lament and should be used as a lament.’
Then he said to Korah and all his followers, ‘Tomorrow morning the Lord will reveal who belongs to him, who is set apart, and the one he will let come near him. He will let the one he chooses come near him.
The staff of the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of the Israelites’ complaints that they have been making about you.’
Moses then brought out all the staffs from the Lord’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.
It had the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.