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1 The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 "Speak to the people of Israel. Get 12 wooden staffs from them. Get one from the leader of each of Israel's tribes. Write the name of each man on his staff.
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"Speak unto the children of Israel, and take from every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, from all their princes according to the house of their fathers, twelve rods. Write thou every man's name upon his rod.
3 Write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi. There must be one staff for the head of each of Israel's tribes.
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And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
4 "Put the staffs in the Tent of Meeting. Place them in front of the ark where the tablets of the covenant are kept. That is where I meet with you.
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And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the Testimony, where I will meet with you.
5 The staff that belongs to the man I choose will begin to grow new shoots. The people of Israel are never happy with what you do. I will put an end to what they are saying."
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And it shall come to pass that the man's rod, 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."
6 So Moses spoke to the people of Israel. Their leaders gave him 12 wooden staffs. They gave one for the leader of each of Israel's tribes. Aaron's staff was among them.
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And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7 Moses put the staffs in front of the LORD in the tent where the tablets of the covenant were kept.
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And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
8 The next day Moses entered the tent. He looked at Aaron's staff. It stood for the tribe of Levi. Moses saw that it had not only begun to grow new shoots. It had also produced buds and flowers and almonds.
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And it came to pass that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds and bloomed blossoms and yielded almonds.
9 Then Moses brought out all of the staffs from in front of the Lord. He brought them to all of the people of Israel. They looked at them. And each man took his own staff.
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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.
10 The LORD said to Moses, "Put Aaron's staff back in front of the ark where the tablets of the covenant are kept. The staff will be kept there as a warning to those who refuse to obey. They are never happy with what I do. Aaron's staff will put an end to what they are saying. Then they will not die."
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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Bring Aaron's rod again before 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."
11 Moses did just as the LORD commanded him.
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And Moses did so; as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
12 The people of Israel said to Moses, "We'll die! We are lost! All of us are lost!
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And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying, "Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish!
13 Anyone who even comes near the LORD's holy tent will die. Are all of us going to die?"
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Whosoever cometh anywhere near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die. Shall we be consumed with dying?"
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