Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
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The LORD said to Moses,
2 "Speak unto the children of Israel, and take from every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, from all their princes according to the house of their fathers, twelve rods. Write thou every man's name upon his rod.
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"Speak to the Israelites, and get 12 staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their tribes. Write each man's name on his staff.
3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
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Write Aaron's name on the staff for Levi because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the Testimony, where I will meet with you.
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Put them in the tent of meeting where I meet with you, in front of the words of my promise.
5 And it shall come to pass that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom; and I will make to cease from Me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you."
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The staff from the man I choose will begin to grow. In this way I will silence the frequent complaints the Israelites make against you and Aaron."
6 And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
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So Moses spoke to the Israelites. Their leaders gave him 12 staffs, one from the leader of each of their tribes. Aaron's staff was among them.
7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
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Moses put the staffs in the LORD's presence in the tent of the words of God's promise.
8 And it came to pass that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds and bloomed blossoms and yielded almonds.
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The next day Moses went into the tent. He found that Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had not only begun to grow, but it had also blossomed and produced ripe almonds.
9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel; and they looked, and took every man his rod.
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Moses brought out the staffs from the LORD's presence and showed them to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, "Bring Aaron's rod again before the Testimony to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from Me, that they die not."
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The LORD said to Moses, "Put Aaron's staff back in front of the words of my promise, and keep it there as a sign to warn any other rebels. Then you will stop their complaints about me, and they won't die."
11 And Moses did so; as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
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Moses did exactly what the LORD commanded him to do.
12 And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying, "Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish!
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The Israelites said to Moses, "Now we're going to die! We're lost! We're all lost!
13 Whosoever cometh anywhere near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die. Shall we be consumed with dying?"
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Anyone who comes near the LORD's tent will die! Are we all going to die?"
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