Numbers 17:7-13 ▼

7 Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

8 On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony--and the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds!

9 So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.

10 The LORD said to Moses, |Bring Aaron's staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die.|

11 So Moses did as the LORD commanded him--this is what he did.

12 The Israelites said to Moses, |We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!

13 Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the LORD will die! Are we all to die?|