1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 "Tell Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, to remove the censers from the embers; and scatter the fire some distance away,
3 for these sinners have consecrated the censers at the cost of their lives. Have them hammered into plates to cover the altar, because in being presented before the LORD they have become sacred. In this way they shall serve as a sign to the Israelites."
4 So Eleazar the priest had the bronze censers of those burned during the offering hammered into a covering for the altar,
5 in keeping with the orders which the LORD had given him through Moses. This cover was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no layman, no one who was not a descendant of Aaron, should approach the altar to offer incense before the LORD, lest he meet the fate of Korah and his band.
6 The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, "It is you who have slain the LORD'S people."
7 But while the community was deliberating against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the meeting tent, and the cloud now covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
8 Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the meeting tent,
9 and the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
10 "Depart from this community, that I may consume them at once." But they fell prostrate.
11 Then Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, and bring it quickly to the community to make atonement for them; for wrath has come forth from the LORD and the blow is falling."
12 Obeying the orders of Moses, Aaron took his censer and ran in among the community, where the blow was already falling on the people. Then, as he offered the incense and made atonement for the people,
13 standing there between the living and the dead, the scourge was checked.
14 Yet fourteen thousand seven hundred died from the scourge, in addition to those who died because of Korah.
15 When the scourge had been checked, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the meeting tent.
16 The LORD now said to Moses,
17 "Speak to the Israelites and get one staff from them for each ancestral house, twelve staffs in all, one from each of their tribal princes. Mark each man's name on his staff;
18 and mark Aaron's name on Levi's staff, for the head of Levi's ancestral house shall also have a staff.
19 Then lay them down in the meeting tent, in front of the commandments, where I meet you.
20 There the staff of the man of my choice shall sprout. Thus will I suppress from my presence the Israelites' grumbling against you."
21 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their princes gave him staffs, twelve in all, one from each tribal prince; and Aaron's staff was with them.
22 Then Moses laid the staffs down before the LORD in the tent of the commandments.
23 The next day, when Moses entered the tent, Aaron's staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth not only shoots, but blossoms as well, and even bore ripe almonds!
24 Moses thereupon brought out all the staffs from the LORD'S presence to the Israelites. After each prince identified his own staff and took it,
25 the LORD said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's staff in front of the commandments, to be kept there as a warning to the rebellious, so that their grumbling may cease before me; if it does not, they will die."
26 And Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
27 Then the Israelites cried out to Moses, "We are perishing; we are lost, we are all lost!
28 Every time anyone approaches the Dwelling of the LORD, he dies! Are we to perish to the last man?"
Versículos relacionados com Numbers, 17:
Numbers 17 presents the story of Aaron and his flowered rod. God commanded each leader of the twelve tribes of Israel to deposit his rod in the tabernacle so that the rod of the man who would choose flourish, indicating that this tribe would be chosen by God. The next day, the Aaron Court flourished and produced almonds, proving that God had chosen him to be the high priest. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in numbers 17:
Exodus 4:2-4: "Then the Lord asked him, What is this in your hand? He answered him, a rod. And he said unto him, Line it on earth. He threw it into the earth, and she He became snake; and Moses fled from her. The Lord said to Moses, He reaches his hand and picked up his tail. He reached out, picked up his tail, and she became a stick in his hand. " This verse presents a situation in which God transformed a stick into a snake, demonstrating his power and authority.
Leviticus 8:12: "He poured the anointing oil over Aaron's head, and anointed him to sanctify him." This verse describes Aaron's anointing as a high priest and shows how he was consecrated to the service to God.
Hebrews 5:4-5: "And no one takes this honor to himself, but when he called God, like Aaron. Thus Christ also did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but he glorified him who said unto him: You You are my son, today I generated you. " This verse compares Aaron's choice as a high priest to the choice of Christ by God to be the high priest of Christians.
Exodus 25:10-11: "You will also make an acacia wood ark; its length will be two and a half cubits, its width of a cubit and a half, and its height of a and a half cubit. "You are pure gold inside and out, and you will make a golden edge around it." This verse describes the ark of the covenant, which was one of the sacred objects in the tabernacle and represented the presence of God.
Hebrews 9:3-4: "Behind the second veil was the tent that is called Saint of the Saints, having a gold altar for incense and the ark of the alliance, all golden-covered, in which was a vase of Gold containing the Manna, the Aaron Court, which flourished, and the tablets of the covenant. " This verse describes the saint of saints in the tabernacle, which was the most sacred place where only the high priest could come once a year.
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