Numbers 17
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| 1 | And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: |
| 2 | ‘Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the fire-pans out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are become holy; |
| 3 | even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar—for they are become holy, because they were offered before the LORD—that they may be a sign unto the children of Israel.’ |
| 4 | And Eleazar the priest took the brazen fire-pans, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, |
| 5 | to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no common man, that is not of the seed of Aaron, draw near to burn incense before the LORD; that he fare not as Korah, and as his company; as the LORD spoke unto him by the hand of Moses. |
| 6 | But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying: ‘Ye have killed the people of the LORD.’ |
| 7 | And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting; and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. |
| 8 | And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. |
| 9 | And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: |
| 10 | ’Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.’ And they fell upon their faces. |
| 11 | And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from the LORD: the plague is begun.’ |
| 12 | And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. |
| 13 | And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. |
| 14 | Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah. |
| 15 | And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stayed. |
| 16 | And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: |
| 17 | ‘Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers’house, of all their princes according to their fathers’houses, twelve rods; thou shalt write every man’s name upon his rod. |
| 18 | And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for the head of their fathers’houses. |
| 19 | And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. |
| 20 | And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall bud; and I will make to cease from Me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.’ |
| 21 | And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. |
| 22 | And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. |
| 23 | And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. |
| 24 | And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel; and they looked, and took every man his rod. |
| 25 | and the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept there, for a token against the rebellious children; that there may be made an end of their murmurings against Me, that they die not.’ |
| 26 | Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded him, so did he. |
| 27 | And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying: ‘Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. |
| 28 | Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of the LORD, is to die; shall we wholly perish?’ |