6. And Moses spake 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.
7. And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.
8. 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 bare ripe almonds.
9. And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
10. And the Lord said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not.
11. Thus did Moses: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
12. And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
13. Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of the Lord, dieth: shall we perish all of us?