Numbers 17:8-12

⁸he went again in the day pursuing or following, and found that the rod of Aaron, in the house of Levi, had burgeoned; and when the knops were great, the blossoms had broken out, which were alarged in leaves, and were formed into almonds.

⁹Therefore Moses brought forth all the rods from the sight of the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they saw, and received each his rod.

¹⁰And the Lord said to Moses, Bear thou again the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of witnessing, that it be kept there into a token of the rebel sons of Israel, and that their complainings, or grutchings, cease from me, lest they die.

¹¹And Moses did, as the Lord commanded.

¹²Soothly the sons of Israel said to Moses, Lo! we be wasted, all we have perished;