Numbers 17

1 And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and take from them each a rod, for a father's house, from all their princes, for the house of their fathers, twelve rods; the name of each thou dost write on his rod,

3 And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

and Aaron's name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod [is] for the head of their fathers' house:

4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

and thou hast placed them in the tent of meeting, before the testimony, where I meet with you.

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

'And it hath come to pass, the man's rod on whom I fix doth flourish, and I have caused to cease from off me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against you.'

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

And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel, and all their princes give unto him one rod for a prince, one rod for a prince, for their fathers' house, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron [is] in the midst of their rods;

7 And Moses laid up the rods before Yhwh in the tabernacle of witness.

and Moses placeth the rods before Jehovah, in the tent of the testimony.

8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses goeth in unto the tent of the testimony, and lo, the rod of Aaron hath flourished for the house of Levi, and is bringing out flourishing, and doth blossom blossoms, and doth produce almonds;

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

and Moses bringeth out all the rods from before Jehovah, unto all the sons of Israel, and they look, and take each his rod.

10 And Yhwh said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Put back the rod of Aaron, before the testimony, for a charge, for a sign to the sons of rebellion, and thou dost remove their murmurings from off me, and they do not die;'

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

and Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him; so he hath done.

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

And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, 'Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;

13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of Yhwh shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

any who is at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah dieth; have we not been consumed — to expire?'