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Numbers 17:1

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AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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Numbers 17:1

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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17:1AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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17:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.

17:3And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

17:4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

17:5And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

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