9. Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the Lord’s presence to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each of the leaders took his own staff.
10. The Lord said to Moses, “Put back Aaron’s staff in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die.”
11. Moses did just as the Lord commanded him.
12. The Israelites said to Moses, “We will die! We are lost, we are all lost!
13. Anyone who even comes near the tabernacle of the Lord will die. Are we all going to die?”