Numbers 17

About Numbers Numbers follows Israel's forty years in the wilderness, from Sinai to the edge of the promised land.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,SelectedNumbers 17:1Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 17:2Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 17:3Ask

And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.SelectedNumbers 17:4Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 17:5Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 17:6Ask

And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.SelectedNumbers 17:7Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 17:8Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 17:9Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 17:10Ask

And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.SelectedNumbers 17:11Ask

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.SelectedNumbers 17:12Ask

Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?SelectedNumbers 17:13Ask

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