Bible Verses

On the following day, Moses came to the Tent of the Testimony, and there, already sprouting, was Aaron’s stick, standing for the tribe of Levi. Buds had opened, flowers had blossomed, and almonds had already ripened.

Moses placed them before the Lord in the Tent of Meeting.

Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each leader gave him a stick, twelve sticks in all for their tribes, and Aaron’s stick was among them.

The man whose stick sprouts will be the one I have chosen; this is how I shall stop the Israelites’ complaints against you.”

Then put them in the Tent of Meeting before the ark, where I meet you.

and on the stick of Levi write the name of Aaron because he is the first among the families of Levi.

 “Tell the people of Israel to give you walking sticks, one for each tribe; that is twelve sticks for the leaders of the twelve tribes and write the name of each on his stick;

Privileges of the Levites The Lord spoke to Moses and said:

Then Aaron returned to Moses at the Tent of Meeting; the terrible disease had been stopped.

There were 14,700 victims of the terrible disease, not counting those who died because of Korah.