“1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 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. 3 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. 4 And thou shalt lay
them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony,
where I will meet with you. 5 And it shall come to pass, [that] the
man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease
from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur
against you. 6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every
one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one,
according to their fathers’ houses, [even] twelve rods: and the rod of
Aaron [was] among their rods. 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the
LORD in the tabernacle of witness.”
“8 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. 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. 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again
before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and
thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
11 And Moses did [so]: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. 12 And the
children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish,
we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of
the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?” (Nu 17:1-13 AV)
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