1 ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

2 S peak unto the sons of Israel and take of each of them a rod according to the houses of their fathers, of all their princes, twelve rods according to the houses of their fathers, and write thou each man’s name upon his rod.

Speak 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.

3 A nd thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi, for each head of family of their fathers shall have one rod.

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

4 A nd thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the testimony, before the testimony, where I will testify of myself unto you.

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

5 A nd it shall come to pass regarding the man whom I shall choose that his rod shall blossom; and I will resolve the complaints of the sons of Israel, with which 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 children of Israel, which they murmur against you.

6 A nd Moses spoke unto the sons of Israel, and all 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 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.

7 A nd Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of the testimony.

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 the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi had budded and blossomed and brought forth open flowers 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 bare ripe almonds.

9 T hen Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each one took his rod.

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

10 A nd the LORD said unto Moses, Return Aaron’s rod before the testimony to be kept for a sign unto the rebellious sons; and thou shalt cause their complaints to cease from upon me, that they not die.

And 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.

11 A nd Moses did as the LORD commanded him, so did he.

Thus did Moses: as Jehovah commanded him, so did he.

12 T hen the sons of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying, Behold, we are dead, we are lost, we are all lost.

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

13 A nyone who comes near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die; shall we all perish?

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