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And the Lord said to Moses ,
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Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods , one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father 's house , making twelve rods ; let every man 's name be placed on his rod.
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And let Aaron 's name be placed on the rod of Levi : for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.
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And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.
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And the rod of that man who is marked out by me for myself will have buds on it; so I will put a stop to the outcries which the children of Israel make to me against you.
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So Moses gave these orders to the children of Israel , and all their chiefs gave him rods , one for the head of every family, making twelve rods : and Aaron's rod was among them.
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And Moses put the rods before the Lord in the Tent of witness.
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Now on the day after, Moses went into the Tent of witness; and he saw that Aaron's rod , the rod of the house of Levi , had put out buds, and was covered with buds and flowers and fruit.
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Then Moses took out all the rods from before the Lord , and gave them back to the children of Israel : and they saw them, and every man took his rod.
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And the Lord said to Moses , Put Aaron's rod back in front of the ark of witness, to be kept for a sign against this false-hearted people, so that you may Put a stop to their outcries against me, and death may not overtake them.
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This Moses did: as the Lord gave orders , so he did.
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And the children of Israel said to Moses , Truly, destruction has come on us ; an evil fate has overtaken us all.
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Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord : are we all to come to destruction?