Thematic Bible
Numbers 17:1 (show verse)
Jehovah said to Moses:
Numbers 17:2 (show verse)
Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them. Get one from the leader of each of their tribes. Write each man's name on his staff.
Numbers 17:3 (show verse)
Write Aaron's name on the staff for Levi because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
Numbers 17:4 (show verse)
Put them in the tent of meeting where I meet with you, in front of the testimony of my promise.
Numbers 17:5 (show verse)
The staff from the man I choose will begin to grow. In this way I will silence the frequent complaints the Israelites make against you and Aaron.
Numbers 17:6 (show verse)
Thus Moses spoke to the Israelites. Their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one from the leader of each of their tribes. Aaron's staff was among them.
Numbers 17:7 (show verse)
Moses put the staffs in Jehovah's presence in the tent of the testimony.
Numbers 17:8 (show verse)
The next day Moses went into the tent. He found that Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had not only begun to grow, but it had also blossomed and produced ripe almonds.
Numbers 17:9 (show verse)
Moses brought out the staffs from Jehovah's presence and showed them to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.
Numbers 17:10 (show verse)
Jehovah said to Moses: Put Aaron's staff in front of the testimony. Keep it there as a sign to warn any other rebels. Then you will stop their complaints about me, and they will not die.
Numbers 17:11 (show verse)
Moses did exactly what Jehovah commanded him to do.
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Numbers 17:12 (show verse)
The Israelites said to Moses: Now we are going to die! We will perish! We are all lost!
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Numbers 17:13 (show verse)
Anyone who comes near Jehovah's tent will die! Are we all going to die?
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