Numbers 17 : 1 (NET)
The LORD spoke to Moses:
Numbers 17 : 2 (NET)
"Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, one from every tribal leader, twelve staffs; you must write each man's name on his staff.
Numbers 17 : 3 (NET)
You must write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.
Numbers 17 : 4 (NET)
You must place them in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant where I meet with you.
Numbers 17 : 5 (NET)
And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you."
Numbers 17 : 6 (NET)
So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, according to their tribes� twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.
Numbers 17 : 7 (NET)
Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
Numbers 17 : 8 (NET)
On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony� and the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds!
Numbers 17 : 9 (NET)
So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.
Numbers 17 : 10 (NET)
The LORD said to Moses, "Bring Aaron's staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die."
Numbers 17 : 11 (NET)
So Moses did as the LORD commanded him� this is what he did.
Numbers 17 : 12 (NET)
The Israelites said to Moses, "We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!
Numbers 17 : 13 (NET)
Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the LORD will die! Are we all to die?"
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