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17:1  Adonai spoke to Moses saying,
17:2  “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael and get a rod from each ancestral house, twelve staffs in all, from each prince according to his ancestral household. Write each man’s name on his staff.
17:3  Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, for there is to be one staff for the prince of each tribe.
17:4  Then you are to place them in the Tent of Meeting, before the Testimony, where I meet with you.
17:5  It will come about that the staff of the man I choose will sprout. I will then rid Myself of the grumblings of Bnei-Yisrael, who are grumbling against you.”
17:6  So Moses spoke to Bnei-Yisrael. Each of their princes gave him a staff, one staff for each prince according to their ancestral houses, twelve staffs in all, and Aaron’s staff was among them.
17:7  Moses placed the staffs before Adonai in the Tent of Testimony.
17:8  The next day, Moses entered the Tent of Testimony and behold, Aaron’s staff, from the house of Levi, had sprouted, blossomed, and produced almonds!
17:9  Moses then brought all the staffs from Adonai’s Presence to all Bnei-Yisrael. They looked and each man took his staff.
17:10  Adonai said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony to keep as a sign to the sons of rebellion, so that it may put an end to their grumblings against Me, and so they will not die.”
17:11  Moses did just as Adonai had commanded him.
17:12  But Bnei-Yisrael said to Moses saying, “Look! We will die! We are all lost! We are lost!
17:13  Anyone approaching the Tabernacle of Adonai will die! Must all of us die?”