AB - Numbers - 17

17:1  And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

17:2  Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from 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.

17:3  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.

17:4  And you shall put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to you.

17:5  And it shall be, that 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.

17:6  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.

17:7  And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.

17:8  And it came to pass on the next day, 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.

17:9  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.

17:10  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.

17:11  And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.

17:12  And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.

17:13  Everyone that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly?