NU-17:1  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

NU-17:2  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.

NU-17:3  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.

NU-17:4  And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the

congregation

before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

NU-17:5  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.

NU-17:6  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.

NU-17:7  And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the

tabernacle of

witness.

NU-17:8  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.

NU-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.

NU-17:10  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.

NU-17:11  And Moses did [so]: as the LORD commanded him, so did

he.

NU-17:12  And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying,

Behold, we die,

we perish, we all perish.

NU-17:13  Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of

the LORD

shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

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