Numbers 17

1 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

2 "Speak to 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 every man's name on 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 You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

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

4 You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

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

5 It shall happen, 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."

'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 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their leaders gave him rods, one for each leader, according to their ancestral 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 Moses laid up the rods before YHWH in the tent of the testimony.

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

8 It happened on the next day, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and look, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe 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 Moses brought out all the rods from before YHWH to 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 YHWH said to Moses, "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die."

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 Moses did so. As YHWH commanded him, so he did.

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

12 The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Look, we perish. We are undone. We are all undone.

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

13 Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of YHWH, dies. Will we all perish?"

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