New King James Version, 1982 - Numbers 17 (NKJV Bible)

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Numbers Chapter 17 (NKJV Bible)
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and get from them a rod from each father’s house, all their leaders according to their fathers’ houses—twelve rods. Write each 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 the head of each father’s house.
4 Then you shall place them in the tabernacle of meeting before [1†]the Testimony, [2†]where I meet with you.
5 And it shall be that the rod of the man [3†]whom I choose will blossom; thus I will rid Myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, [4†]which they make against you.”
6 So Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and each of their leaders gave him a rod apiece, for each leader according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7 And Moses placed the rods before the LORD in [5†]the tabernacle of witness.
8 Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the [6†]rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.
9 Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.
10 And the LORD said to Moses, “Bring [7†]Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony, to be kept [8†]as a sign against the rebels, [9†]that you may put their complaints away from Me, lest they die.”
11 Thus did Moses; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
12 So the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Surely we die, we perish, we all perish!
13 [10†]Whoever even comes near the tabernacle of the LORD must die. Shall we all utterly die?”
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