Numbers 17

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

And Jehovah spoke to 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 you every man's name upon his rod.

Speak to the sons of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each father's house, from all their rulers according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods. Write thou every man's name upon his rod.

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

And thou shall write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

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

And thou shall lay them up 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 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 sons of Israel, which they murmur against you.

6 And Moses spoke 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 spoke to the sons of Israel. And all their rulers gave him rods, for each ruler one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

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

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

8 And it came to pass, that on the next day 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 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 bore ripe almonds.

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

And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah to all the sons of Israel. And they looked, and took every man his rod.

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

And Jehovah said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a sign against the sons of rebellion, that thou may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die.

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

Thus Moses did. As Jehovah commanded him, so he did.

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

And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

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

Every man who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of Jehovah, dies. Shall we all of us perish?