17:1 The
LORD
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
17:2 "Speak
to
the
people
of
Israel,
and
get
from
them
staffs,
one
for
each
fathers'
house,
from
all
their
chiefs
according
to
their
fathers'
houses,
twelve
staffs.
Write
each
man's
name
on
his
staff,
17:3 and
write
Aaron's
name
on
the
staff
of
Levi.
For
there
shall
be
one
staff
for
the
head
of
each
fathers'
house.
17:4 Then
you
shall
deposit
them
in
the
tent
of
meeting
before
the
testimony,
where
I
meet
with
you.
17:5 And
the
staff
of
the
man
whom
I
choose
shall
sprout.
Thus
I
will
make
to
cease
from
me
the
grumblings
of
the
people
of
Israel,
which
they
grumble
against
you."
17:6 Moses
spoke
to
the
people
of
Israel.
And
all
their
chiefs
gave
him
staffs,
one
for
each
chief,
according
to
their
fathers'
houses,
twelve
staffs.
And
the
staff
of
Aaron
was
among
their
staffs.
17:7 And
Moses
deposited
the
staffs
before
the
LORD
in
the
tent
of
the
testimony.
17:8 On
the
next
day
Moses
went
into
the
tent
of
the
testimony,
and
behold,
the
staff
of
Aaron
for
the
house
of
Levi
had
sprouted
and
put
forth
buds
and
produced
blossoms,
and
it
bore
ripe
almonds.
17:9 Then
Moses
brought
out
all
the
staffs
from
before
the
LORD
to
all
the
people
of
Israel.
And
they
looked,
and
each
man
took
his
staff.
17:10 And
the
LORD
said
to
Moses,
"Put
back
the
staff
of
Aaron
before
the
testimony,
to
be
kept
as
a
sign
for
the
rebels,
that
you
may
make
an
end
of
their
grumblings
against
me,
lest
they
die."
17:11 Thus
did
Moses;
as
the
LORD
commanded
him,
so
he
did.
17:12 And
the
people
of
Israel
said
to
Moses,
"Behold,
we
perish,
we
are
undone,
we
are
all
undone.
17:13 Everyone
who
comes
near,
who
comes
near
to
the
tabernacle
of
the
LORD,
shall
die.
Are
we
all
to
perish"