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    "content": "Numbers, Chapter 17 — 13 verses (Douay-Rheims)",
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  "citation": "Numbers 17 (Douay-Rheims)",
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    {
      "verse": 1,
      "text": "And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon his rod.",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "Whomsoever of these I shall choose, his rod shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, wherewith they murmur against you.",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 6,
      "text": "And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and all the princes gave him rods one for every tribe: and there were twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron.",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "And when Moses had Laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded: and that the buds swelling it hid bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds.",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Israel: and they saw, and every one received their rods.",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 10,
      "text": "And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 12,
      "text": "And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 13,
      "text": "Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed?",
      "citation": "Numbers 17:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
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