And Moses did so; as the Lord commanded him, even so did he. ] Took Aaron's rod, and laid it up before the ark for the purpose mentioned, being a faithful servant to God in all his house.
9
Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites; and they looked, and each man took his staff.
10
And the Lord said to Moses, "Put back the staff of Aaron before the covenant, 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."
11
Moses did so; just as the Lord commanded him, so he did.
12
The Israelites said to Moses, "We are perishing; we are lost, all of us are lost!
13
Everyone who approaches the tabernacle of the Lord will die. Are we all to perish?"
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