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The Budding of Aaron’s Rod
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
“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.
“Tell the people of Israel to bring you twelve wooden staffs, one from each leader of Israel’s ancestral tribes, and inscribe each leader’s name on his staff.
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.
Inscribe Aaron’s name on the staff of the tribe of Levi, for there must be one staff for the leader of each ancestral tribe.
Then you shall place them in the tabernacle of meeting before the Testimony, where I meet with you.
And it shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will blossom; thus I will rid Myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, which they make against you.”
Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the people’s murmuring and complaining against you.”
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.
So Moses gave the instructions to the people of Israel, and each of the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron, brought Moses a staff.
And Moses placed the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.
When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron’s staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!
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.
When Moses brought all the staffs out from the LORD’s presence, he showed them to the people. Each man claimed his own staff.
And the Lord said to Moses, “Bring Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony, to be kept as a sign against the rebels, that you may put their complaints away from Me, lest they die.”
Thus did Moses; just as the Lord had commanded him, so he did.
So Moses did as the LORD commanded him.
So the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Surely we die, we perish, we all perish!
Then the people of Israel said to Moses, “Look, we are doomed! We are dead! We are ruined!