Numbers 17:8-13 ▼

8 And it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron had sprouted for the house of Levi and put forth buds and produced blossoms and yielded almonds.

9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before YHWH to all the sons of Israel, and they looked, and each man took his rod.

10 And YHWH said to Moses, “Bring back the rod of Aaron before the face of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign against the rebels, that you may put away their complaints against Me, lest they die.”

11 And Moses did as YHWH had commanded him; so he did.

12 And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we have expired, we have perished, all of us have perished.

13 Whoever is at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of YHWH, he must die. Shall we all utterly die?”