Bamidbar 17

1And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

2Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the Bais Av, of all their Nasiim according to the Bais of their Avot twelve rods; write thou every man's shem upon his matteh (rod, staff).

3And thou shalt write shem Aharon upon the rod of Levi; for one rod shall be for the Rosh of the Bais of their Avot.

4And thou shalt lay them up in the Ohel Mo'ed before HaEdut, where I will meet with you there.

5And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall sprout; and I will rid Myself of the murmurings of the Bnei Yisroel, whereby they murmur against you.

6And Moshe spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, and every one of their Nasiim gave him a rod apiece, for each nasi one, according to their Bais Avot, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aharon was among their rods.

7And Moshe laid up the rods before Hashem in the Ohel HaEdut.

8And it came to pass, that the next day Moshe entered into the Ohel HaEdut; and, hinei, the rod of Aharon for the Bais Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

9And Moshe brought out all the rods from before Hashem unto Kol Bnei Yisroel; and they looked, and took every man his rod.

10And Hashem said unto Moshe, Bring Aharon's rod again before HaEdut, to be kept for an ot (sign) against the rebels; and thou shalt quite put an end to their murmurings against Me, that they die not.

11And Moshe did so; as Hashem commanded him, so did he.

12And the Bnei Yisroel spoke unto Moshe, saying, See, we die, we perish, we will all perish.

13Whoever even encroaches upon the Mishkan Hashem shall die. Shall we be consumed with dying?