*Num 17:1 Verses 17:1-13 are numbered 17:16-28 in Hebrew text.

*Num 17:4 Hebrew in the Tent of Meeting before the Testimony. The Hebrew word for “testimony” refers to the terms of the LORD’s covenant with Israel as written on stone tablets, which were kept in the Ark, and also to the covenant itself.

*Num 17:7 Or Tabernacle of the Testimony; also in 17:8.

*Num 17:10 Hebrew before the Testimony; see note on 17:4.