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* The LORD said to Moses , * "Speak to the people of Israel , and get from them rods , one for each fathers ' house , from all their leaders according to their fathers ' houses , twelve rods . Write each man 's name upon his rod , * and write Aaron 's name upon the rod of Levi . For there shall be one rod for the head of each fathers ' house . * Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony , where I meet with you . * And the rod of the man whom I choose shall sprout ; thus I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the people of Israel , which they murmur against you ." * Moses spoke to the people of Israel ; and all their leaders gave him rods , one for each leader , according to their fathers ' houses , twelve rods ; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods . * And Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony . * And on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony ; and behold , the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds , and produced blossoms , and it bore ripe almonds . * Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the people of Israel ; and they looked , and each man took his rod . * And the LORD said to Moses , "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony , to be kept as a sign for the rebels , that you may make an end of their murmurings against me , lest they die ." * Thus did Moses ; as the LORD commanded him , so he did . * And the people of Israel said to Moses , "Behold , we perish , we are undone , we are all undone . * Every one who comes near , who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD , shall die . Are we all to perish ?"

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