Numbers 17:1-10 (New Revised Standard)
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a The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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Speak to the Israelites, and get twelve staffs from them, one for each ancestral house, from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man's name on his staff,
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and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
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Place them in the tent of meeting before the covenant, b where I meet with you.
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And the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout; thus I will put a stop to the complaints of the Israelites that they continually make against you.
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Moses spoke to the Israelites; and all their leaders gave him staffs, one for each leader, according to their ancestral houses, twelve staffs; and the staff of Aaron was among theirs.
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So Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the covenant. c
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When Moses went into the tent of the covenant d on the next day, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted. It put forth buds, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
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Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites; and they looked, and each man took his staff.
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And the Lord said to Moses, "Put back the staff of Aaron before the covenant, e to be kept as a warning to rebels, so that you may make an end of their complaints against me, or else they will die."
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
a.
Numbers 17:1 - Ch 17.16 in Heb
b.
Numbers 17:4 - Or [treaty], or [testimony]; Heb [eduth]
c.
Numbers 17:7 - Or [treaty], or [testimony]; Heb [eduth]
d.
Numbers 17:8 - Or [treaty], or [testimony]; Heb [eduth]
e.
Numbers 17:10 - Or [treaty], or [testimony]; Heb [eduth]