Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 17:9
And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord, unto all the children of Israel,…. He brought them out of the holy place, and showed them to the princes of the several tribes:
and they looked, and took every man his rod; which they knew by their names upon them; by their own handwriting, as Aben Ezra; for though Moses is bid to write their names on them, Nu 17:2; yet no more may be meant by that than that he should order them to be written, and take care that they were.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Doth it not appear to the Reader by the manner of expression, that each man took his rod, as if it was a sullen and not a satisfied acquiescence in the divine appointment. Alas! how often may we detect our hearts in the same spirit.