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== Bamidbar (Book of Numbers), Chapter 17 ==

<named id="1"/>16 And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:

<named id="2"/>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.

<named id="3"/>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.

<named id="4"/>19 And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

<named id="5"/>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.'

<named id="6"/>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.

<named id="7"/>22 And Moses laid up the rods before HaShem in the tent of the testimony.

<named id="8"/>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.

<named id="9"/>24 And Moses brought out all the rods from before HaShem unto all the children of Israel; and they looked, and took every man his rod.

<named id="10"/>25 And HaShem 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.'

<named id="11"/>26 Thus did Moses; as HaShem commanded him, so did he.

<named id="12"/>27 And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

<named id="13"/>28 Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of HaShem, is to die; shall we wholly perish?'

== See also ==
* [[Bamidbar 16|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Bamidbar 17 Commentaries]]
* [[Bamidbar 18|Next Chapter]]

== References ==
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