Aaron’s Staff Buds 1 Brenton And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
2 Brenton Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods of them, according to the houses of their families, a rod from all their princes, according to the houses of their families, twelve rods, and write the name of each on his rod. BSB BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,
3 Brenton And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod for each : they shall give them according to the tribe of the house of their families. BSB BSB: and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
4 Brenton And thou shalt put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to thee. BSB BSB: Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.
5 Brenton And it shall be, the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall blossom; and I will remove from me the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you. BSB BSB: The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
6 Brenton And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him a rod each , for one chief a rod, according to the house of their families, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was in the midst of the rods. BSB BSB: So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff—one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them.
7 Brenton And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. BSB BSB: Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
8 Brenton And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed, and put forth a bud, and bloomed blossoms and produced almonds. BSB BSB: The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.
9 Brenton And Moses brought forth all the rods from before the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each one took his rod. BSB BSB: Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.
10 Brenton And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaron before the testimonies to be kept as a sign for the children of the disobedient; and let their murmuring cease from me, and they shall not die. BSB BSB: The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
11 Brenton And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. BSB BSB: So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
12 Brenton And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed. BSB BSB: Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
13 Brenton Every one that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly? BSB BSB: Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
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