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Numbers 17

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 ADONAI said to Moshe,

2 "Speak to the people of Isra'el, and take from them staffs, one for each ancestral tribe from each leader of a tribe, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff;

3 and write Aharon's name on the staff of Levi, for each tribe's leader is to have one staff.

4 Put them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you.

5 The staff of the man I am going to choose will sprout buds - in this way I will put a stop to the complaints the people of Isra'el keep making against you."

6 Moshe spoke to the people of Isra'el, and all their leaders gave him staffs, one for each leader, according to their ancestral tribes, twelve staffs. Aharon's staff was among their staffs.

7 Moshe put the staffs before ADONAI in the tent of the testimony.

8 The next day Moshe went into the tent of the testimony, and there he saw that Aharon's staff for the house of Levi had budded - it had sprouted not only buds but flowers and ripe almonds as well.

9 Moshe brought out all the staffs from before ADONAI to all the people of Isra'el, and they looked, and each man took back his staff.

10 ADONAI said to Moshe, "Return Aharon's staff to its place in front of the testimony. It is to be kept there as a sign to the rebels, so that they will stop grumbling against me and thus not die."

11 Moshe did this; he did as ADONAI had ordered him.

12 But the people of Isra'el said to Moshe, "Oh no! We're dead men! Lost! We're all lost!

13 Whenever anyone approaches the tabernacle of ADONAI, he dies! Will we all perish?"

New Living Translation NLT

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 “Tell the people of Israel to bring you twelve wooden staffs, one from each leader of Israel’s ancestral tribes, and inscribe each leader’s name on his staff.

3 Inscribe Aaron’s name on the staff of the tribe of Levi, for there must be one staff for the leader of each ancestral tribe.

4 Place these staffs in the Tabernacle in front of the Ark containing the tablets of the Covenant, where I meet with you.

5 Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the people’s murmuring and complaining against you.”

6 So Moses gave the instructions to the people of Israel, and each of the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron, brought Moses a staff.

7 Moses placed the staffs in the LORD ’s presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.

8 When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron’s staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!

9 When Moses brought all the staffs out from the LORD ’s presence, he showed them to the people. Each man claimed his own staff.

10 And the LORD said to Moses: “Place Aaron’s staff permanently before the Ark of the Covenant to serve as a warning to rebels. This should put an end to their complaints against me and prevent any further deaths.”

11 So Moses did as the LORD commanded him.

12 Then the people of Israel said to Moses, “Look, we are doomed! We are dead! We are ruined!

13 Everyone who even comes close to the Tabernacle of the LORD dies. Are we all doomed to die?”