Aaron’s Staff Buds 1 UEB Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
2 UEB "Speak to the people of Israel and get staffs from them, one for each ancestral tribe, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff. 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 UEB You must write Aaron's name on Levi's staff. There must be one staff for each leader from his ancestors' tribe. 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 UEB You must place the staffs in the tent of meeting in front of the covenant decrees, where I meet with you. BSB BSB: Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.
5 UEB It will happen that the staff of the man whom I choose will bud. I will cause the complaints from the people of Israel to stop, which they are speaking 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 UEB So Moses spoke to the people of Israel. All the tribal leaders gave him staffs, one staff from each leader, selected from each of the ancestral tribes, twelve staffs in all. Aaron's staff was among them. 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 UEB Then Moses deposited the staffs before Yahweh in the tent of the covenant decrees. BSB BSB: Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
8 UEB The next day Moses went into the tent of the covenant decrees and, behold, Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had budded. It grew buds and produced blossoms and ripe 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 UEB Moses brought out all the staffs from before Yahweh to all the people of Israel, and each man took his staff. 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 UEB Yahweh said to Moses, "Put Aaron's staff in front of the covenant decrees. Keep it as a sign of guilt against the people who rebelled so that you may end complaints against me, or they will 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 UEB Moses did just as Yahweh had commanded him. BSB BSB: So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
12 UEB The people of Israel spoke to Moses and said, "We will die here. We will all perish! BSB BSB: Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
13 UEB Everyone who comes up, who approaches Yahweh's tabernacle, will die. Must we all perish?" BSB BSB: Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
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