The Old Testament
| Book | Chapter | Verse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 16 | (46) And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. | |
| Numbers | 16 | (47) And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. | |
| Numbers | 16 | (48) And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. | |
| Numbers | 16 | (49) Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. | |
| Numbers | 16 | (50) And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (1) AND THE LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | |
| Numbers | 17 | (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (3) And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (4) And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (5) And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (6) And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (7) And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (8) And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (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. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (10) And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (11) And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (12) And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. | |
| Numbers | 17 | (13) Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? | |
| Numbers | 18 | (1) AND THE LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. | |
| Numbers | 18 | (2) And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. | |