| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1And the LORD said to Moses, | 1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 2“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff, | 2“Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers’ house, from all their chiefs according to their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs. Write each man’s name on his staff, |
| 3and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe. | 3and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each fathers’ house. |
| 4Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you. | 4Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. |
| 5The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.” | 5And the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout. Thus I will make to cease from me the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against you.” |
| 6So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff—one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them. | 6Moses spoke to the people of Israel. And all their chiefs gave him staffs, one for each chief, according to their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs. And the staff of Aaron was among their staffs. |
| 7Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony. | 7And Moses deposited the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. |
| 8The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds. | 8On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds. |
| 9Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff. | 9Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the people of Israel. And they looked, and each man took his staff. |
| 10The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.” | 10And the LORD said to Moses, “Put back the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die.” |
| 11So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. | 11Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded him, so he did. |
| 12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! | 12And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. |
| 13Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?” | 13Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, shall die. Are we all to perish?” |
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