17:1And
Jehovah spake unto
Moses, saying,
17:2Speak unto the children of
Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers'
house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses,
twelve rods: write thou every man's
name upon his
rod.
17:3And thou shalt write Aaron's
name upon the
rod of
Levi; for there shall be one
rod for each
head of their fathers' houses.
17:4And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
17:5And it shall come to pass, that the
rod of the
man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of
Israel, which they murmur against you.
17:6And
Moses spake unto the children of
Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even
twelve rods: and the
rod of
Aaron was among their rods.
17:7And
Moses laid up the rods before
Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.
17:8And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds. 17:9And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. 17:10And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not. 17:11Thus did Moses: as Jehovah commanded him, so did he.
17:12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.17:13Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?
