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17:1  The Lord spoke to Moses:
17:2  Speak to the Israelites and take from them a staff from each household, from each of the chiefs of their households, twelve staffs. Write each person’s name on his staff.
17:3  Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, for there will be one staff for the leader of each household.
17:4  Then you will place them in the meeting tent in front of the chest containing the covenant, where I meet you.
17:5  The staff of the person I choose will sprout. Then I will rid myself of the Israelites’ complaints that they make against you.
17:6  Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their chiefs gave him a staff, one staff for each chief and his household, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron was with their staffs.
17:7  Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the meeting tent.
17:8  The next day Moses entered the covenant tent, and Aaron’s staff of Levi’s household had sprouted. It grew shoots, produced blossoms, and bore almonds.
17:9  Moses brought out all the staffs from the Lord’s presence to the Israelites. They saw what happened, and each person took back his staff.
17:10  Then the Lord said to Moses, “Return Aaron’s staff in front of the chest containing the covenant to serve as a sign to the rebels so that their complaints against me end and they don’t die.”
17:11  Moses did exactly as the Lord commanded him.
17:12  The Israelites said to Moses, “We are perishing. We are being destroyed. All of us are being destroyed.
17:13  Anyone who approaches the Lord’s dwelling will die. Are we doomed to perish?”