Numbers 17:5
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5 Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the people’s murmuring and complaining against you.”
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Numbers 16:5
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5 Then he said to Korah and his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show us who belongs to him[a] and who is holy. The Lord will allow only those whom he selects to enter his own presence.
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- 16:5 Greek version reads God has visited and knows those who are his. Compare 2 Tim 2:19.
Hosea 14:5
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5 I will be to Israel
like a refreshing dew from heaven.
Israel will blossom like the lily;
it will send roots deep into the soil
like the cedars in Lebanon.
Ezekiel 16:41
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41 They will burn your homes and punish you in front of many women. I will stop your prostitution and end your payments to your many lovers.
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Isaiah 35:1-2
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Hope for Restoration
35 Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days.
The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses.
2 Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers
and singing and joy!
The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon,
as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon.
There the Lord will display his glory,
the splendor of our God.
Numbers 17:8
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8 When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron’s staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!
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Numbers 16:11
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11 The Lord is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?”
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Ezekiel 23:27
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27 In this way, I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you brought from Egypt. You will never again cast longing eyes on those things or fondly remember your time in Egypt.
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Isaiah 27:6
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6 The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root.
Israel will bud and blossom
and fill the whole earth with fruit!
Isaiah 13:11
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11 “I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil
and the wicked for their sin.
I will crush the arrogance of the proud
and humble the pride of the mighty.
Isaiah 11:1
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A Branch from David’s Line
11 Out of the stump of David’s family[a] will grow a shoot—
yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
Footnotes
- 11:1 Hebrew the stump of the line of Jesse. Jesse was King David’s father.
Isaiah 5:24
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24 Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble
and dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will rot
and their flowers wither.
For they have rejected the law of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies;
they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Numbers 17:10
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10 And the Lord said to Moses: “Place Aaron’s staff permanently before the Ark of the Covenant[a] to serve as a warning to rebels. This should put an end to their complaints against me and prevent any further deaths.”
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