Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 The Lord said to Moses,
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Tell the people of Israel to give you twelve walking sticks, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man's name on his stick
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod.
3 and then write Aaron's name on the stick representing Levi. There will be one stick for each tribal leader.
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You shall write Aaron’s name on Levi’s rod. There shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.
4 Take them to the Tent of my presence and put them in front of the Covenant Box, where I meet you.
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You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
5 Then the stick of the man I have chosen will sprout. In this way I will put a stop to the constant complaining of these Israelites against you."
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It shall happen that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. I will make the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you, cease from me.”
6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a stick, one for each tribe, twelve in all, and Aaron's stick was put with them.
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Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, a total of twelve rods. Aaron’s rod was among their rods.
7 Moses then put all the sticks in the Tent in front of the Lord's Covenant Box.
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Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
8 The next day, when Moses went into the Tent, he saw that Aaron's stick, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted. It had budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!
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On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
9 Moses took all the sticks and showed them to the Israelites. They saw what had happened, and each leader took his own stick back.
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Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel. They looked, and each man took his rod.
10 The Lord said to Moses, "Put Aaron's stick back in front of the Covenant Box. It is to be kept as a warning to the rebel Israelites that they will die unless their complaining stops."
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The LORD said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the covenant, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their complaining against me, that they not die.”
11 Moses did as the Lord commanded.
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Moses did so. As the LORD commanded him, so he did.
12 The people of Israel said to Moses, "Then that's the end of us!
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The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
13 If anyone who even comes near the Tent must die, then we are all as good as dead!"
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Everyone who keeps approaching the LORD’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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