Numbers:17

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* And the LORD spake unto (note :)While he was in the door of the tabernacle .(:note ) Moses , saying , * Speake vnto the children of Israel , and take of euery one of them a rod , after the house of their fathers , of all their princes according to the familie of their fathers , euen twelue rods : and thou shalt write euery mans name vpon his rod . * And write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui : for euery rodde shalbe for the head of the house of their fathers . * And thou shalt put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregation , before the Arke of the Testimonie , where I wil declare my selfe to you . * And it shall come to pass , [that ] the man 's rod , whom I shall (note :)To be the chief priest .(:note ) choose , shall blossom : and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel , whereby they murmur against you . * And Moses spake unto the children of Israel , and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece , for each prince one , according to their fathers ' houses , [even ] twelve rods : and the rod (note :)Though Joseph 's tribe was divided into two in the distribution of the land , yet here it is but one and Levi makes a tribe .(:note ) of Aaron [was ] among their rods . * And Moses layde the rods before the Lord in the Tabernacle of the Testimonie . * And it came to pass , that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness ; and , behold , the rod of Aaron (note :)To declare that God chose the house of Levi to serve him in the tabernacle .(:note ) for the house of Levi was budded , and brought forth buds , and bloomed blossoms , and yielded almonds . * Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lorde vnto all the children of Israel : and they looked vpon them , &amp ; tooke euery man his rodde . * And the LORD said unto Moses , Bring Aaron 's rod again before the testimony , to be kept for a token against the rebels ; and thou shalt quite take away their (note :)Grudging that Aaron should be high priest .(:note ) murmurings from me , that they die not . * So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him : so did he . * And the children of Israel spake unto Moses , saying , Behold , (note :)The Chaldea text describes their complaining in this way ; «We die by the sword , the earth swallows us up , the pestilence consumes us .»(:note ) we die , we perish , we all perish . * Whosoeuer commeth neere , or approcheth to the Tabernacle of the Lorde , shal dye : shal we be consumed and dye ?

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