Num 17
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, and take Gr. a rod rods of them, according to the houses of their families, a rod from all
their princes,
according to the houses of their families, twelve rods, and write the name of each
on his rod.
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And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod for each: they shall
give them according to the tribe of the house of their families.
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And you shall put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I
will be made known to you.
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And it shall be, the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall blossom; and I will remove
from me the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
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And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him a rod each,
for one chief a rod, according to the house of their families, twelve rods; and the
rod of Aaron was in the midst of the rods.
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And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of
witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed, and put forth
a bud, and bloomed blossoms and produced almonds.
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And Moses brought forth all the rods from before the Lord to all the sons of Israel;
and they looked, and each one took his rod.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaron before the testimonies to be kept
as a sign for the children of the disobedient; and let their murmuring cease from
me, and they shall not die.
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And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
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And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are
destroyed, we are consumed.
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Every one that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly?