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¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² Speak 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. ³ And 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. ⁴ And thou shalt put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to thee. ⁵ And it shall be, the man whom 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. ⁶ And 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. ⁷ And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.

⁸ And it came to pass on 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 blossoms and produced almonds. ⁹ And 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. ¹⁰ And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaron before 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. ¹¹ And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. ¹² And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed. ¹³ Every one that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly?