| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The LORD said to Moses, | 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 2"Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes. Write the name of each man on his staff. | 2"Speak to the sons of Israel, and get from them a rod for each father's household: twelve rods, from all their leaders according to their fathers' households. You shall write each name on his rod, |
| 3On the staff of Levi write Aaron's name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe. | 3and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers' households. |
| 4Place them in the tent of meeting in front of the ark of the covenant law, where I meet with you. | 4"You shall then deposit them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you. |
| 5The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against you by the Israelites." | 5"It will come about that the rod of the man whom I choose will sprout. Thus I will lessen from upon Myself the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you." |
| 6So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one for the leader of each of their ancestral tribes, and Aaron's staff was among them. | 6Moses therefore spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave him a rod apiece, for each leader according to their fathers' households, twelve rods, with the rod of Aaron among their rods. |
| 7Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the covenant law. | 7So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. |
| 8The next day Moses entered the tent and saw that Aaron's staff, which represented the tribe of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds. | 8Now on the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds. |
| 9Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD's presence to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each of the leaders took his own staff. | 9Moses then brought out all the rods from the presence of the LORD to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod. |
| 10The LORD said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's staff in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die." | 10But the LORD said to Moses, "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony to be kept as a sign against the rebels, that you may put an end to their grumblings against Me, so that they will not die." |
| 11Moses did just as the LORD commanded him. | 11Thus Moses did; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did. |
| 12The Israelites said to Moses, "We will die! We are lost, we are all lost! | 12Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying! |
| 13Anyone who even comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to die?" | 13"Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?" |
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