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1 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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2 | Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of
them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all
their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve
rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. |
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3 | 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. |
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4 | And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the
congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. |
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5 | 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. |
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6 | And Moses spake 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. |
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7 | And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle
of witness. |
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8 | 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. |
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9 | 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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10 | 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. |
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11 | And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. |
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12 | And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold,
we die, we perish, we all perish. |
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13 | Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the
LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? |
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