Numbers 17:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I will then choose a man to be my priest, and his stick will sprout. After that happens, I won't have to listen to any more complaints about you.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 26:16

Uzziah became proud of his power, and this led to his downfall. One day, Uzziah disobeyed the LORD his God by going into the temple and burning incense as an offering to him.

Psalm 105:26

God sent his servant Moses. He also chose and sent Aaron

Exodus 16:7

And in the morning you will see his glorious power, because he has heard your complaints against him. Why should you grumble to us? Who are we?”

Isaiah 11:1

Like a branch that sprouts from a stump, someone from David's family will some day be king.

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish this evil world and its people because of their sins. I will crush the horrible pride of those who are cruel.

Isaiah 27:6

Some day Israel will take root like a vine. It will blossom and bear fruit that covers the earth.

Isaiah 5:24

You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the teaching of the holy LORD God All-Powerful of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.

Ezekiel 16:41

and burn down your houses. Other women will watch these terrible things happen to you. I promise to stop you from being a prostitute and paying your lovers for sex.

Ezekiel 23:27

I will stop your wickedness and the prostitution you started back in Egypt. You will never want to think about those days again.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew— then you will blossom like lilies and have roots like a tree.

Numbers 11:1

One day the Israelites started complaining about their troubles. The LORD heard them and became so angry that he destroyed the outer edges of their camp with fire.

Numbers 16:11

You and your followers have rebelled against the LORD, not against Aaron.

Numbers 16:5

Then he said to Korah and his followers: Tomorrow morning the LORD will show us the person he has chosen to be his priest, and that man will faithfully serve him.

Numbers 17:10

But the LORD told Moses, “Put Aaron's stick back! Let it stay near the sacred chest as a warning to anyone who might think about rebelling. If these people don't stop their grumbling about me, I will wipe them out.”

Numbers 17:6

Moses told the people what the LORD had commanded, and they gave him the walking sticks from the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron's from the Levi tribe.

Numbers 17:8

The next day when Moses went into the tent, flowers and almonds were already growing on Aaron's stick.

1 Corinthians 10:10

Don't even grumble, as some of them did and were killed by the destroying angel.