Aaron's Walking Stick Blooms and Produces Almonds

¹The Lord told Moses:

⁶Moses told the people what the Lord had commanded, and they gave him the walking sticks from the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron's from the Levi tribe.

⁷Moses took them and placed them in the Lord 's sacred tent.

⁸The next day when Moses went into the tent, flowers and almonds were already growing on Aaron's stick.[#He 9.4.]

⁹Moses brought the twelve sticks out of the tent and showed them to the people. Each of the leaders found his own and took it.

¹⁰But the Lord told Moses, “Put Aaron's stick back! Let it stay near the sacred chest as a warning to anyone who might think of rebelling. If these people don't stop their grumbling about me, I will wipe them out.”

¹¹Moses did what he was told.

¹²The Israelites cried out to Moses, “We're done for

¹³and doomed if we even go near the sacred tent!”