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Numbers 17

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1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak to the children of Israel, and take 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.
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.
3And 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.
3And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
4And you shall put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to you.
4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
5And it shall be, the manwhom 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.
5And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
6And 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.
6And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
7And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
8And it came to passon 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 blossomsand produced almonds.
8And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
9And 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.
9And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
10And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaronbefore 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 .
10And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
11And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
11And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
12And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.
12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
13Every one that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly?
13Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?