Numbers 17

1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

And the LORD said to Moses,

2 to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel and to take: take from with them tribe: rod tribe: rod to/for house: household father from with all leader their to/for house: household father their two ten tribe man: anyone [obj] name his to write upon tribe: rod his

“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,

3 and [obj] name Aaron to write upon tribe: rod Levi for tribe: rod one to/for head: leader house: household father their

and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.

4 and to rest them in/on/with tent meeting to/for face: before [the] testimony which to appoint to/for you there [to]

Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.

5 and to be [the] man which to choose in/on/with him tribe: rod his to sprout and to subside from upon me [obj] murmuring son: descendant/people Israel which they(masc.) to grumble upon you

The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”

6 and to speak: speak Moses to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel and to give: give to(wards) him all leader their tribe: rod to/for leader one tribe: rod to/for leader one to/for house: household father their two ten tribe: rod and tribe: rod Aaron in/on/with midst tribe: rod their

So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff—one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them.

7 and to rest Moses [obj] [the] tribe: rod to/for face: before LORD in/on/with tent [the] testimony

Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.

8 and to be from morrow and to come (in): come Moses to(wards) tent [the] testimony and behold to sprout tribe: rod Aaron to/for house: household Levi and to come out: produce flower and to blossom flower and to wean almond

The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.

9 and to come out: send Moses [obj] all [the] tribe: rod from to/for face: before LORD to(wards) all son: descendant/people Israel and to see: see and to take: take man: anyone tribe: rod his

Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.

10 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to return: return [obj] tribe: rod Aaron to/for face: before [the] testimony to/for charge to/for sign: indicator to/for son: young animal rebellion and to end: finish murmuring their from upon me and not to die

The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”

11 and to make: do Moses like/as as which to command LORD [obj] him so to make: do

So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.

12 and to say son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) Moses to/for to say look! to die to perish all our (to perish *LAB(h)*)

Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

13 all [the] approaching [the] approaching to(wards) tabernacle LORD to die if: surely no to finish to/for to die

Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”