Numbers:17

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* Jehovah said to Moses : * »Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them . Get one from the leader of each of their tribes . Write each man ’s name on his staff . * »Write Aaron ’s name on the staff for Levi because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe . * »Put them in the tent of meeting where I meet with you , in front of the testimony of my promise . * »The staff from the man I choose will begin to grow . In this way I will silence the frequent complaints the Israelites make against you and Aaron .« * Thus Moses spoke to the Israelites . Their leaders gave him twelve staffs , one from the leader of each of their tribes . Aaron ’s staff was among them . * Moses put the staffs in Jehovah ’s presence in the tent of the testimony . * The next day Moses went into the tent . He found that Aaron ’s staff for the tribe of Levi had not only begun to grow , but it had also blossomed and produced ripe almonds . * Moses brought out the staffs from Jehovah ’s presence and showed them to all the Israelites . They looked at them , and each man took his staff . * Jehovah said to Moses : »Put Aaron ’s staff in front of the testimony . Keep it there as a sign to warn any other rebels . Then you will stop their complaints about me , and they will not die .« * Moses did exactly what Jehovah commanded him to do . * The Israelites said to Moses : Now we are going to die ! We will perish ! We are all lost ! * Anyone who comes near Jehovah ’s tent will die ! Are we all going to die ?

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