Numbers Chapter 17

Numbers Chapter 17
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel and
take of every one of them a rod, after the
house of their fathers, of all their princes
according to the family of their fathers,
even twelve rods: and thou shalt write
every man’s name upon his rod.
3 And write Aaron’s name upon the rod
of Levi: for every rod shall be for the
head of the house of their fathers.
4 And thou shalt put them in the
tabernacle of the congregation, before
the ark of the testimony, where I will
declare myself to you. 5 And the man’s
rod, whom I choose, shall blossom: and
I will make cease from me the grudgings
of the children of Israel, which grudge
against you. 6 Then Moses spake unto
the children of Israel, and all their
princes gave him a rod, one rod for
every prince, according to the houses of
their fathers, even twelve rods, and the
rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7
And Moses laid the rods before the Lord
in the tabernacle of the testimony. 8 And
when Moses on the morrow went into
the tabernacle of the testimony, behold,
the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi
was budded, and brought forth buds, and
brought forth blossoms, and bear ripe
almonds.
9 Then Moses brought out all the rods
from before the Lord unto all the
children of Israel: and they looked upon
them, and took every man his rod. 10
After, the Lord said unto Moses, Bring
Aaron’s rod again before the testimony
to be kept for a token to the rebellious
children, and thou shalt cause their
murmurings to cease from me, that they
die not.
11 So Moses did as the Lord had
commanded him: so did he.
12 And the children of Israel spake unto
Moses, saying, Behold, we are dead, we
perish, we are all lost:
13 Whosoever cometh near, or
approacheth to the tabernacle of the
Lord, shall die: shall we be consumed
and die?