| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 1The LORD instructed Moses: |
| 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, | 2"Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral tribe, twelve staffs from all the leaders of their tribes. Write each man's name on his staff. |
| 3and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers' households. | 3Write Aaron's name on Levi's staff, because there is to be one staff for the head of each tribe. |
| 4"You shall then deposit them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you. | 4Then place them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony where I meet with you. |
| 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." | 5The staff of the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of the Israelites' complaints that they have been making about you." |
| 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. | 6So 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. Aaron's staff was among them. |
| 7So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. | 7Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. |
| 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. | 8The next day Moses entered the tent of the testimony and saw that Aaron's staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, formed buds, blossomed, and produced almonds! |
| 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. | 9Moses then brought out all the staffs from the LORD's presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff. |
| 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." | 10The LORD told Moses, "Put Aaron's staff back in front of the testimony to be kept as a sign for the rebels, so that you may put an end to their complaints before me, or else they will die." |
| 11Thus Moses did; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did. | 11So Moses did as the LORD commanded him. |
| 12Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying! | 12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, "Look, we're perishing! We're lost; we're all lost! |
| 13"Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?" | 13Anyone who comes near the LORD's tabernacle will die. Will we all perish?" |
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