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1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon his rod.
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Speak to the Israelites, and get twelve staffs from them, one for each ancestral house, from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man's name on his staff,
3 And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:
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and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.
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Place them in the tent of meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
5 Whomsoever of these I shall choose, his rod shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, wherewith they murmur against you.
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And the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout; thus I will put a stop to the complaints of the Israelites that they continually make against you.
6 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and all the princes gave him rods one for every tribe: and there were twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron.
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Moses spoke to the Israelites; and all their leaders gave him staffs, one for each leader, according to their ancestral houses, twelve staffs; and the staff of Aaron was among theirs.
7 And when Moses had Laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:
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So Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the covenant.
8 He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded: and that the buds swelling it hid bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds.
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When Moses went into the tent of the covenant on the next day, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted. It put forth buds, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
9 Moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Israel: and they saw, and every one received their rods.
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Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites; and they looked, and each man took his staff.
10 And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.
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And the Lord said to Moses, "Put back the staff of Aaron before the covenant, to be kept as a warning to rebels, so that you may make an end of their complaints against me, or else they will die."
11 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.
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Moses did so; just as the Lord commanded him, so he did.
12 And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.
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The Israelites said to Moses, "We are perishing; we are lost, all of us are lost!
13 Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed?
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Everyone who approaches the tabernacle of the Lord will die. Are we all to perish?"
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