Aaron’s Staff Buds

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods of them, according to the houses of their families, a rod from all their princes, according to the houses of their families, twelve rods, and write the name of each on his rod. 3 And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod for each: they shall give them according to the tribe of the house of their families. 4 And thou shalt put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to thee. 5 And it shall be, the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall blossom; and I will remove from me the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you. 6 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him a rod each, for one chief a rod, according to the house of their families, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was in the midst of the rods. 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.

8 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed, and put forth a bud, and bloomed blossoms and produced almonds. 9 And Moses brought forth all the rods from before the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each one took his rod. 10 And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaron before the testimonies to be kept as a sign for the children of the disobedient; and let their murmuring cease from me, and they shall not die. 11 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.

12 And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed. 13 Every one that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly? — Numbers 17 | Brenton Septuagint Translation (BST) Brenton Septuagint Translation of the Holy Bible, 1884. Cross References: Genesis 40:10; Exodus 10:10; Exodus 16:7; Exodus 16:34; Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22; Numbers 1:50; Numbers 1:53; Numbers 16:50; Numbers 18:1; Numbers 20:9; Isaiah 6:5; Ezekiel 37:16; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Hebrews 9:4

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers' house, from all their chiefs according to their fathers' houses, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff, 3 and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each fathers' house. 4 Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. 5 And the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout. Thus I will make to cease from me the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against you.” 6 Moses spoke to the people of Israel. And all their chiefs gave him staffs, one for each chief, according to their fathers' houses, twelve staffs. And the staff of Aaron was among their staffs. 7 And Moses deposited the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

8 On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds. 9 Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the people of Israel. And they looked, and each man took his staff. 10 And the LORD said to Moses, “Put back the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die.” 11 Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded him, so he did.

12 And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. 13 Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, shall die. Are we all to perish?”

God ordered Mose to get 12 name-written rods from the head of each tribe, like Aron's name is carved on Levi's rod, and lay them down in the tent of the meeting in the ark of the covenant law.

God ordered Mose to get 12 name-written rods from the head of each tribe, like Aron’s name is carved on Levi’s rod, and lay them down in the tent of the meeting in the ark of the covenant law. The 12 rods symbolize God’s chosen people and indicate their identity, so it warns the rebellious.

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devotions from Jefferson Vann # 2318

Numbers 17:1-12

Num 17:1 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said, Num 17:2 “Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers’ house, from all their leaders according to their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs. Write each man’s name on his staff, Num 17:3 and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi. Because there will be one…