1 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 ` 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,

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

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 hast placed them 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 ` 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.'

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 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 in the midst of 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 placeth 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 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;

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 bringeth out all the rods from before Jehovah, unto all the sons of Israel, and they look, and take each 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 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;'

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

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

12 A nd the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, `Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;

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

13 a ny who is at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah dieth; have we not been consumed -- to expire?'

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