Numbers 17 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Aaron’s Rod Buds

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Num 17:2“Speak to the sons of Israel and get rods from them, a rod for each father’s household, from all their leaders according to their fathers’ households, twelve rods. Write every man’s name on his rod,

Num 17:3

Num 17:3and write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi [his ancestor]; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers’ households.

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Num 17:4“You shall then deposit them in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) in front of [the ark of] the Testimony, where I meet with you.

Num 17:5

Num 17:5“It shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will bud, and I will no longer hear the constant grumblings of the Israelites, who are grumbling against you.”

Num 17:6

Num 17:6So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader according to their fathers’ households, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

Num 17:7

Num 17:7So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony (tabernacle).

Num 17:8

Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and [fn]the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.

Num 17:9

Num 17:9Moses brought out all the rods from the presence of LORD to all the Israelites; and they looked, and each man took his rod.

Num 17:10

Num 17:10But the LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebellious and contentious, so that you may put an end to their murmurings [of discontent] against Me, so that they do not die.”

Num 17:11

Num 17:11And Moses did so; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.

Num 17:12

The sons of Israel said to Moses, “Look, we perish, we are doomed, all doomed!

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Num 17:13“Everyone who approaches, who approaches the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?”

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AMP Footnotes

(17:8)

Once again God confirmed before the people His choice of Aaron as high priest and the significance of the tribe of Levi.

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