2SpeakuntothechildrenofIsrael,andtakeH7311ofthemastaff,astaffforeach father's house,ofalltheirprincesaccordingtothehousesoftheirfathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one'snameuponhisstaff. 3AndAaron's name shalt thou writeuponthestaffofLevi;foronestaffshallbeH1961for[each]headoftheirfathers' houses. 4Andthou shalt laythemupinthetentofmeeting beforethetestimony,whereH834Imeetwithyou. 5Anditshallcometopass,thatthemanH376whomIshallchoose,hisstaffshallbud forth;andIwillmaketoceasefrombeforemethemurmuringsofthechildrenofIsraelH3478,thattheymurmuragainstyou. 6AndMosesH4872spoketothechildrenofIsraelH3478,andalltheirprincesgavehimastaff,onestaffforeachprinceaccordingtotheirfathers' houses, twelve staves,andthestaffofAaronH175wasamongtheirstaves. 7AndMosesH4872laidthestavesbeforeJehovahinthetentH168ofthetestimony. 8AnditcameH935topass,whenonthemorrowMosesH4872wentH935intothetentH168ofthetestimony, behold,thestaffofAaronH175forthehouseofLevihadbudded,andbroughtH935forth buds,andbloomed blossoms,andripened almonds. 9AndMosesH4872broughtoutallthestavesfrombeforeJehovahtoallthechildrenofIsrael,andtheylookedandtook eachonehisstaff. 10AndJehovah saidtoMoses,BringAaron's staffagainbeforethetestimony,tobekeptasatokenforthesonsofrebellion,thatthou mayestputH3615anendH3615totheirmurmuringsbeforeme,thattheymaynotdie. 11AndMosesH4872didso:asJehovahhadcommandedhim,sodidhe. 12AndthechildrenofIsraelspokeH1696toMosesH4872,sayingH1696,Lo,weexpire,weperish,weallperish. 13EveryonethatcomesatallneartothetabernacleofJehovahshalldieH4191:shallwethenexpire altogether? Commentaries on Numbers 17
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