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Numbers 17

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?”

Common English Bible CEB

1 The LORD spoke to Moses:

2 Speak to the Israelites and take from them a staff from each household, from each of the chiefs of their households, twelve staffs. Write each person's name on his staff.

3 Write Aaron's name on Levi's staff, for there will be one staff for the leader of each household.

4 Then you will place them in the meeting tent in front of the chest containing the covenant, where I meet you.

5 The staff of the person I choose will sprout. Then I will rid myself of the Israelites' complaints that they make against you.

6 Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their chiefs gave him a staff, one staff for each chief and his household, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron was with their staffs.

7 Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the meeting tent.

8 The next day Moses entered the covenant tent, and Aaron's staff of Levi's household had sprouted. It grew shoots, produced blossoms, and bore almonds.

9 Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD's presence to the Israelites. They saw what happened, and each person took back his staff.

10 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Return Aaron's staff in front of the chest containing the covenant to serve as a sign to the rebels so that their complaints against me end and they don't die."

11 Moses did exactly as the LORD commanded him.

12 The Israelites said to Moses, "We are perishing. We are being destroyed. All of us are being destroyed.

13 Anyone who approaches the LORD's dwelling will die. Are we doomed to perish?"