Numbers 17

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

2Speak 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.

2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff.

2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.

3And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:

3And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for [each] head of their fathers' houses.

3And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.

4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.

4And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

4And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

5Whomsoever 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.

5And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his staff shall bud forth; and I will make to cease from before me the murmurings of the children of Israel, that they murmur against you.

5And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.

6And 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.

6And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their princes gave him a staff, one staff for each prince according to their fathers' houses, twelve staves, and the staff of Aaron was among their staves.

6And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

7And when Moses had Laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:

7And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.

7And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.

8He 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.

8And it came to pass, when on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony, behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and ripened almonds.

8And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds.

9Moses 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.

9And Moses brought out all the staves from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel, and they looked and took each one his staff.

9And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.

10And 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.

10And Jehovah said to Moses, Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony, to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion, that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me, that they may not die.

10And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not.

11And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.

11And Moses did so: as Jehovah had commanded him, so did he.

11Thus did Moses: as Jehovah commanded him, so did he.

12And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.

12And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.

12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

13Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed?

13Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?

13Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?