Numbers 17:8-12

⁸He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded: and that the buds swelling it had bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds.

⁹Moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Israel: and they saw, and every one received their rods.

¹⁰And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.

¹¹And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.

¹²And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.