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Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rodaccording to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fatherstwelve*rods:write thou every man'sname upon his rod.
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And thou shalt writeAaron'sname upon the rod of Levi: for onerod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
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And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregationbefore the testimony, where I will meet with you.
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And it shall come to pass, that the man'srod, whom I shall choose , shall blossom : and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
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And Mosesspake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princesgave him a rodapiece, for each prince*one*, according to their fathers'houses, even twelve*rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
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And Moses laid up the rodsbefore the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
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And it came to pass, that on the morrowMoseswent into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded , and brought forthbuds, and bloomedblossoms, and yieldedalmonds.
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And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked , and took every man his rod.
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And the LORDsaid unto Moses,BringAaron'srodagainbefore the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels* ; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
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And Mosesdid so: as the LORDcommanded him, so did he.
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And the children of Israelspake unto Moses,saying , Behold, we die , we perish , we all perish .
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Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die : shall we be consumed with dying ?