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1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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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.
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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.
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4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
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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.
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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.
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7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
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12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
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13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
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- 1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
- 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and get from them a rod for each father's household: twelve rods, from all their leaders according to their fathers' households. You shall write each name on his rod,
- 3 and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers' households.
- 4 “You shall then deposit them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you.
- 5 “It will come about that the rod of the man whom I choose will sprout. Thus I will lessen from upon Myself the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you.”
- 6 Moses therefore spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave him a rod apiece, for each leader according to their fathers' households, twelve rods, with the rod of Aaron among their rods.
- 7 So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
- 8 Now on the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.
- 9 Moses then brought out all the rods from the presence of the LORD to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.
- 10 But the LORD said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony to be kept as a sign against the rebels, that you may put an end to their grumblings against Me, so that they will not die.”
- 11 Thus Moses did; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
- 12 Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying!
- 13 “Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?”
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