# Numbers 17

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/numbers/17

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2. Speak to the sons of Israel and take from them twelve rods, one for a father's house from all their chiefs according to their fathers' houses; write each man's name on his rod.
3. You shall write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi, for one staff belongs to the head of their fathers' houses.
4. You shall place them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you there.
5. It will happen that the rod of the man whom I choose will blossom, and I will make the children of Israel's murmurings—which they murmur against you—cease from me.
6. Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him twelve rods—one per chief according to their fathers' houses—with Aaron's rod among their rods.
7. Moses placed the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.
8. The next day Moses entered the tent of testimony, and look, Aaron's rod for the house of Levi had blossomed, produced buds, bloomed flowers, and ripened almonds.
9. Moses brought all the staffs out from before Yahweh to all the children of Israel, and they looked and each man took his staff.
10. Yahweh said to Moses, “Bring Aaron’s rod back before the testimony to preserve it for a sign to the sons of rebellion, and put an end to their murmurings against me, that they do not die.”
11. Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; so he did.
12. The sons of Israel said to Moses, saying, "Look, we die! We are destroyed! We all are destroyed!"
13. All who draw near, who draw near to the tabernacle of Yahweh, die! Will we perish by dying?

## Nearby chapters

[Numbers 16](https://www.lumin.faith/read/numbers/16.md)
[Numbers 18](https://www.lumin.faith/read/numbers/18.md)

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