And the LORD spake
unto Moses
, saying
,
Speak 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
.
And 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
.
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle
of the congregation
before
the testimony
, where I will meet
with you.
And 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.
And 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
.
And Moses laid up
the rods
before
the LORD
in the tabernacle
of witness
.
And 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
.
And 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
.
And 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.
And Moses did
so : as the LORD
commanded
him, so did
he.
And the children of Israel
spake
unto Moses
, saying
, Behold, we die
, we perish
, we all perish
.
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle
of the LORD
shall die
: shall we be consumed
with dying
?