1 A nd Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 S peak 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.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and get from them a rod from each father’s house, all their leaders according to their fathers’ houses—twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod.

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

And you shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father’s house.

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

Then you shall place them in the tabernacle of meeting before the Testimony, where I meet with you.

5 A nd 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.

And it shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will blossom; thus I will rid Myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, which they make against you.”

6 A nd 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.

So Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and each of their leaders gave him a rod apiece, for each leader according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

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

And Moses placed the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.

8 A nd 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.

Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.

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

Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.

10 A nd 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.

And the Lord said to Moses, “Bring Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony, to be kept as a sign against the rebels, that you may put their complaints away from Me, lest they die.”

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

Thus did Moses; just as the Lord had commanded him, so he did.

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

So the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Surely we die, we perish, we all perish!

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

Whoever even comes near the tabernacle of the Lord must die. Shall we all utterly die?”