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And it came to pass that Moses sought to appeasea Israel, and went unto YHVHb, saying: Lordc ! Show me how to let they people know who shall lead them!
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And YHVH spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto Israel and take of every one of them a roda according to the house of their fathers, of all heads of their houses according to the house of their fathers, twelve rods; write thou every the name of man upon his rod.
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And thou shalt write the name of Aaron upon the rod of Levi; for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers;
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And in the Tabernacle of the Congregationa thou shalt lay them up before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
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And it shall come to pass that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall blossom; and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses spake unto Israel; and every one of the heads of their houses gave him a rod apiece, for each head one, according to the houses of their fathers, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
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And Moses laid up the rods before YHVH in the Tabernacle of Witnessa.
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And it came to pass that on the morrow, Moses went into the Tabernacle of Witness; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
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And Moses brought out all the rods from before YHVH unto all of Israel; and they looked and took every man his rod.
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¶ And it came to pass that YHVH said unto Moses: Bring the rod of Aaron again before the Testimonya, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
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And Moses did so; as YHVH instructed him, so did he.
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And Israel spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, we die; we perish; we all perish! Whosoever cometh anything near unto the Tabernacle of YHVH shall die; should we all perish then?