17:10 The Lord said to Moses, “Bring Aaron’s staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end 1 before me, that they will not die.” 2 17:11 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him – this is what he did.
17:12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! 3 We perish, we all perish! 17:13 (17:28) 4 Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the Lord will die! Are we all to die?” 5