standing there between the living and the dead, the scourge was checked. (14) Yet fourteen thousand seven hundred died from the scourge, in addition to those who died because of Korah. (15) When the scourge had been checked, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the meeting tent. (16) The LORD now said to Moses, (17) Speak to the Israelites and get one staff from them for each ancestral house, twelve staffs in all, one from each of their tribal princes. Mark each man's name on his staff; (18) and mark Aaron's name on Levi's staff, for the head of Levi's ancestral house shall also have a staff. (19) Then lay them down in the meeting tent, in front of the commandments, where I meet you. (20) There the staff of the man of my choice shall sprout. Thus will I suppress from my presence the Israelites' grumbling against you. (21) So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their princes gave him staffs, twelve in all, one from each tribal prince; and Aaron's staff was with them. (22) Then Moses laid the staffs down before the LORD in the tent of the commandments. (23) The next day, when Moses entered the tent, Aaron's staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth not only shoots, but blossoms as well, and even bore ripe almonds! (24) Moses thereupon brought out all the staffs from the LORD'S presence to the Israelites. After each prince identified his own staff and took it, (25) the LORD said to Moses, Put back Aaron's staff in front of the commandments, to be kept there as a warning to the rebellious, so that their grumbling may cease before me; if it does not, they will die. (26) And Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. (27) Then the Israelites cried out to Moses, We are perishing; we are lost, we are all lost! (28) Every time anyone approaches the Dwelling of the LORD, he dies! Are we to perish to the last man?
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