Numbers 17 (NET)

Numbers 17:1¹The Lord spoke to Moses:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:2²“Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, one from every tribal leader, twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:3³You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:4⁴You must place them in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant where I meet with you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:5⁵And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:6⁶So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, according to their tribes —twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:7⁷Then Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:8⁸On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony—and the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:9⁹So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:10¹⁰The Lord said to Moses, “Bring Aaron’s staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:11¹¹So Moses did as the Lord commanded him—this is what he did.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:12¹²The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Numbers 17:13¹³(17:28) Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the Lord will die! Are we all to die?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s