250 Israelites led by Korah, a Levite and a few Reubenites came to Moses saying that he had no right to act as though he were closer to God than any of the rest of them. After all, God was with the entire assembly, not just Moses. Long story short: the three main leaders were swallowed up by the Earth and all their followers were burned to death by God the same way that those two sons of Aaron’s were burned to death at the big party towards the end of Exodus.
To try to develop a little more trust within the camp and hopefully prevent more killings in the near future, God told Moses to collect staves from each of the heads of the tribes, including Aaron’s staff representing the tribe of Levi. He put them in the tabernacle overnight and the next morning Aaron’s staff had sprouted and started growing almonds.
God said to put Aaron’s staff in front of the ark of their covenant as a reminder to people to have faith so He wouldn’t have to kill them all. The people didn’t seem to take it that well though and started wailing and despairing in fear that God would kill anybody who came near the tabernacle.
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