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¹ The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, ² Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write you every man's name on his rod. ³ You shall write Aharon's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses. ⁴ You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. ⁵ It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Yisra'el, which they murmur against you. ⁶ Moshe spoke to the children of Yisra'el; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aharon was among their rods. ⁷ Moshe laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

⁸ It happened on the next day, that Moshe went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aharon for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. ⁹ Moshe brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Yisra'el: and they looked, and took every man his rod. ¹⁰ The LORD said to Moshe, Put back the rod of Aharon before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die. ¹¹ Thus did Moshe: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. ¹² The children of Yisra'el spoke to Moshe, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. ¹³ Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tent of the LORD, dies: shall we perish all of us?