| Nu 17:1 | Aaron,s rod, among all the rods of the tribes, only flourishes. |
| Nu 17:1 | ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
| Nu 17:2 | Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod1 according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes2 according to the house of their fathers twelve rods3: write thou every man's name upon his rod. |
Nu 17:3
•AARON | 4And 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. |
| Nu 17:4 | 5And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. |
| Nu 17:5 | And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I6 shall choose, shall blossom7: and I will8 make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur9 against you. |
Nu 17:6
•PRINCES | And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one10, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. |
| Nu 17:7 | 11And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. |
Nu 17:8
•FLOWERS
•MIRACLES
•RODS
•TREES | ¶ And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron12 for the house of Levi was budded13, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. |
| Nu 17:9 | And 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. |
| Nu 17:10 | It is left for a monument against the rebels. |
Nu 17:10
•TOKENS, DIVINE | ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's14 rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token15 against the rebels16; and thou17 shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. |
| Nu 17:11 | And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. |
| Nu 17:12 | And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold,18 we die19, we perish, we all perish. |
| Nu 17:13 | Whosoever20 cometh any thing21 near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed22 with dying? |
