Thematic Bible




Numbers 17:1 (show verse)

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 17:2 (show verse)

"Speak to the {Israelites}, and take from among them twelve staffs, {a staff from each family} from among all their leaders according to their families' households. Write the name of each man on his staff,

Numbers 17:3 (show verse)

and the name of Aaron on the staff of Levi, because one staff [is] for the head of [each of] {their families}.

Numbers 17:4 (show verse)

You must then put them in the tent of assembly {before} the testimony where I meet with you.

Numbers 17:5 (show verse)

And it will happen, the man whom I will choose, his staff will blossom, and so I will rid from upon myself the grumblings of the {Israelites}, who [are] grumbling against you."

Numbers 17:6 (show verse)

Moses spoke to the {Israelites}, and all their leaders gave him a staff for each leader, one from {each of their families}, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron [was] in the midst of their tribes.

Numbers 17:7 (show verse)

And Moses put the staffs before Yahweh in the tent of testimony.

Numbers 17:8 (show verse)

Then the next day, Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed and put forth a flower and produced blossoms, and it produced almonds.

Numbers 17:9 (show verse)

Then Moses brought out to all the {Israelites} all the staffs before the presence of Yahweh, and they saw, and each man took his staff.

Numbers 17:10 (show verse)

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Bring back the staff of Aaron before the testimony as a guard and sign for the children of rebellion, and let them finish their grumblings before me and not die."

Numbers 17:11 (show verse)

So Moses did; just as Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
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Numbers 17:12 (show verse)

And the {Israelites} said to Moses, saying, "Look! We will die! We will be destroyed! All of us will perish!
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Numbers 17:13 (show verse)

Anyone who approaches the tabernacle of Yahweh will die. {Will we all die}?"
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