drb - 17

drb@Numbers:17:1 @And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

drb@Numbers:17:2 @Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon his rod.

drb@Numbers:17:3 @And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:

drb@Numbers:17:4 @And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.

drb@Numbers:17:5 @Whomsoever of these I shall choose, his rod shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, wherewith they murmur against you.

drb@Numbers:17:6 @And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and all the princes gave him rods one for every tribe: and there were twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron.

drb@Numbers:17:7 @And when Moses had laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:

drb@Numbers:17:8 @He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded: and that the buds swelling it had bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds.

drb@Numbers:17:9 @Moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Israel: and they saw, and every one received their rods.

drb@Numbers:17:10 @And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.

drb@Numbers:17:11 @And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.

drb@Numbers:17:12 @And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.

drb@Numbers:17:13 @Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed?

Numbers 17