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| 1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 1 The LORD instructed Moses, |
| 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, | 2"Tell the Israelis to take a rod—one from each ancestral house, that is, one from every leader, for a total of twelve rods. Write each tribal name on his rod. |
| 3and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each fathers’ house. | 3You are also to write Aaron's name on the tribe of Levi, since there is to be one rod for every leader of their ancestral tribes. |
| 4Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. | 4"Then lay them there in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Ark of the Covenant where I'll meet with 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.” | 5The rod that belongs to the man whom I'll choose will burst into bloom. That's how I'll put a stop to the complaints of the Israelis, who are complaining against you." |
| 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. | 6So Moses spoke to the Israelis, and each of the tribe leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader, according to their ancestral tribes, for a total of twelve rods. Aaron's rod was one of them. |
| 7And Moses deposited the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. | 7Then Moses laid out the rods in the LORD'S presence, inside the Tent of Testimony. |
| 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. | 8The next morning, Moses went to the Tent of Testimony and the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had burst into bloom! It sprouted buds, bloomed blossoms, and produced fully ripe almonds! |
| 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. | 9Then Moses took out all the rods from the LORD's presence to show all the Israelis. Everybody looked, and then each man took his rod. |
| 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.” | 10Then the Lord instructed Moses, "Return Aaron's rod before the testimony to be kept for a reminder against the rebels so that you may put an end to their complaints against me and so that they won't die." |
| 11Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded him, so he did. | 11So Moses did exactly what the LORD had commanded him to do. |
| 12And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. | 12Then the Israelis told Moses, "We're sure to die! We're all going to perish—all of us! |
| 13Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, shall die. Are we all to perish?” | 13Anyone who comes near or approaches the LORD's tent is to die. Are all of us going to die?" |
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