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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods of them, according to the houses of their families, a rod from all their princes, according to the houses of their families, twelve rods, and write the name of each on his rod.
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And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod : they shall give according to the tribe of the house of their families.
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And thou shalt put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to thee.
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And it shall be, the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall blossom; and I will remove from me the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
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And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him a rod , for one chief a rod, according to the house of their families, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron in the midst of the rods.
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And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed, and put forth a bud, and bloomed blossoms and produced almonds.
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And Moses brought forth all the rods from before the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each one took his rod.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaron before the testimonies to be kept as a sign for the children of the disobedient; and let their murmuring cease from me, and they shall not die.
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And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.