1 Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and get staffs from them, one for each ancestral tribe, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff. 3 You must write Aaron's name on Levi's staff. There must be one staff for each leader from his ancestors' tribe. 4 You must place the staffs in the tent of meeting in front of the covenant decrees, where I meet with you. 5 It will happen that the staff of the man whom I choose will bud. I will cause the complaints from the people of Israel to stop, which they are speaking against you.” 6 So Moses spoke to the people of Israel. All the tribal leaders gave him staffs, one staff from each leader, selected from each of the ancestral tribes, twelve staffs in all. Aaron's staff was among them. 7 Then Moses deposited the staffs before Yahweh in the tent of the covenant decrees. 8 The next day Moses went into the tent of the covenant decrees and, behold, Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had budded. It grew buds and produced blossoms and ripe almonds! 9 Moses brought out all the staffs from before Yahweh to all the people of Israel, and each man took his staff. 10 Yahweh said to Moses, “Put Aaron's staff in front of the covenant decrees. Keep it as a sign of guilt against the people who rebelled so that you may end complaints against me, or they will die.” 11 Moses did just as Yahweh had commanded him. 12 The people of Israel spoke to Moses and said, “We will die here. We will all perish! 13 Everyone who comes up, who approaches Yahweh's tabernacle, will die. Must we all perish?”
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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- 2 Psalm 110:2; Psalm 125:3; Micah 7:14; Ezekiel 21:13; Genesis 49:10
- 3 Numbers 18:7; Exodus 6:16; Exodus 6:20; Numbers 3:2–3; Numbers 18:1
- 4 Exodus 30:36; Exodus 29:42–43; Exodus 25:16–22; Numbers 17:7; Exodus 30:6
- 5 Numbers 16:5; Hosea 14:5; Numbers 16:11; Numbers 17:8; Ezekiel 16:41
- 7 Acts 7:44; Exodus 38:21; Numbers 18:2
- 8 Ezekiel 17:24; John 15:1–6; Psalm 132:17–18; Numbers 17:5; Isaiah 4:2
- 10 Ephesians 5:6; Hebrews 9:4; Isaiah 1:2; 1 Samuel 2:12; Numbers 16:38
- 12 Numbers 26:11; Proverbs 19:3; Psalm 90:7; Hebrews 12:5; Isaiah 6:5
- 13 Hebrews 10:19–22; Genesis 3:3; Numbers 18:4–7; 1 Chronicles 13:11–13; 1 Chronicles 15:13
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