{"book":"Numbers","slug":"numbers","ch":17,"genre":"prose","sub":"Numbers","prev":"numbers/16","next":"numbers/18","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"And the LORD said to Moses,","f":[],"h":"Aaron’s Staff Buds","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, [one] from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"Place [the staffs] in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.","f":["The Testimony refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments; also in verse 10."]},{"v":5,"t":"The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff — one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among [them].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"The LORD said to Moses,“ Put Aaron’s staff {back} in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"Then the Israelites declared to Moses,“ Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”","f":[]}]}