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Numbers 17
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1And the Lord said to Moses,
1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, Take up the brazen censers out of the midst of the men that have been burnt, and scatter the strange fire yonder, for they have sanctified the censers
2Speak 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.
3of these sinners against their own souls, and do thou make them beaten plates a covering to the altar, because they were brought before the Lord and hallowed; and they became a sign to the children of Israel.
3And 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.
4And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest took the brazen censers, which the men who had been burnt brought near, and they put them as a covering on the altar:
4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
5a memorial to the children of Israel that no stranger might draw nigh, who is not of the seed of Aaron, to offer incense before the Lord; so he shall not be as Core and as they that conspired with him, as the Lord spoke to him by the hand of Moses.
5And 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.
6And the children of Israel murmured the next day against Moses and Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
6And 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.
7And it came to pass when the congregation combined against Moses and Aaron, that they ran impetuously to the tabernacle of witness; and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
7And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
8And Moses and Aaron went in, in front of the tabernacle of witness.
8And 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.
9And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
9And 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.
10Depart out of the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once: and they fell upon their faces.
10And 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.
11And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer, and put on it fire from the altar, and put incense on it, and carry it away quickly into the camp, and make atonement for them; for wrath is gone forth from the presence of the Lord , it has begun to destroy the people.
11And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
12And Aaron took as Moses spoke to him, and ran among the congregation, for already the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
13And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased.
13Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?