Stopping Future Complaints About Leadership |
Numbers 17:1-13 The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers |
The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to the children [people] of Israel & all of their princes [leaders,] according to the house of their fathers & have everyone [from the 12 tribes] take a rod according to the house of their [forefathers,] 12 rods & you write every man’s name upon his rod. |
You shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi. For 1 rod will be for the head of the house of their fathers. You shall lay them [upright] in the tabernacle of the congregation before the Testimony, where I will meet with you. |
It shall [happen,] that the man’s rod, whom I choose, shall blossom. I will [rid Myself] of this [grumbling] of the children [people] of Israel, [so they stop grumbling] against you. Moses [spoke] to the children [people] of Israel & everyone of the [leaders of their forefathers’] houses gave him a rod. |
The rod of Aaron was among the 12 rods. And Moses laid the rods [upright] before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. It [happened, the next day,] Moses went into the tabernacle of witness & [saw] Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi, had brought forth buds & budded & [its] blossoms bloomed & [produced] almonds. |
Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children [people] of Israel & they looked & [each] man took his [own] rod. The Lord said to Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod before the Testimony, again. |
[It’s] to be kept as a [sign] against [those who rebel, so] you can take their [grumbling] away from Me, [so] they don’t die. |
Moses did, as the Lord [God] commanded him. The children [people] of Israel [spoke] to Moses, saying, [Look, if] we die, we perish & we all perish. [Whoever] comes near the tabernacle of the Lord shall die. Shall we [all] die? |