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

⁸ And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and saw that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.⁹ And Moses brought out all the rods from before Yahweh to all the sons of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.¹⁰ And Yahweh said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the sons of rebellion; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they will not die.¹¹ Thus did Moses: as Yahweh commanded him, so he did.¹² And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Look, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.¹³ Every one that comes near, that comes near to the tabernacle of Yahweh, dies: shall we perish all of us?