Numbers 17 : 1 (NLV)
The Lord said to Moses,
Numbers 17 : 2 (NLV)
"Speak to the people of Israel. Get walking sticks from them, one for each father's house. Get twelve walking sticks, from all their leaders by their fathers' houses. Write each man's name on his stick.
Numbers 17 : 3 (NLV)
Write Aaron's name on the walking stick of Levi. For there will be one walking stick for the head of each father's house.
Numbers 17 : 4 (NLV)
Then put them in the meeting tent before the Law, where I meet with you.
Numbers 17 : 5 (NLV)
And the walking stick of the man I choose will begin to grow. In this way I will stop the complaining of the people of Israel, who are complaining against you."
Numbers 17 : 6 (NLV)
So Moses spoke to the people of Israel. All their leaders each gave him a walking stick, one for each leader by their fathers' houses, twelve walking sticks. And the walking stick of Aaron was among their walking sticks.
Numbers 17 : 7 (NLV)
Moses put the walking sticks before the Lord in the meeting tent of the Law.
Numbers 17 : 8 (NLV)
The next day Moses went into the meeting tent of the Law. And he saw that the walking stick of Aaron for the house of Levi had begun to grow buds and flowers and almonds.
Numbers 17 : 9 (NLV)
Moses brought out all the walking sticks from before the Lord to all the people of Israel. They looked, and each man took his stick.
Numbers 17 : 10 (NLV)
But the Lord said to Moses, "Put the walking stick of Aaron in front of the Law again. It will be something special to see against those who go against My Word. Then you may put an end to their complaining against Me, so they will not die."
Numbers 17 : 11 (NLV)
So Moses did this. He did just as the Lord had told him.
Numbers 17 : 12 (NLV)
Then the people of Israel said to Moses, "See, we are being destroyed! We are dying! We are all dying!
Numbers 17 : 13 (NLV)
Everyone who comes near, who comes near the meeting tent of the Lord, must die. Are we all to be destroyed?"

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