1 GLT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
2 GLT “Speak to the sons of Israel, and take a staff from with them, a staff for the house of a father, from with all their leaders for the house of their fathers, 12 staffs. You shall write a man his 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 GLT and you shall write the name of Aaron on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of the house of their fathers, 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 GLT and you shall rest them in the tent of meeting, before the face of the testimony, there 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 GLT And it will happen that the man, him whom I choose, his staff will bud. And I will make the grumblings of the sons of Israel that they are grumbling against you cease from against me.” 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 GLT And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave to him a staff for one leader, a staff for one leader, for the house of their fathers, 12 staffs, and the staff of Aaron was in the midst of their staffs; 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 GLT and Moses rested the staffs before the face of Yahweh in the tent of testimony. BSB BSB: Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
8 GLT And it happened from the next day that Moses came into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and it brought out a bud, and it blossomed a flower, and it ripened 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 GLT And Moses brought out all the staffs from before the face of Yahweh to all the sons of Israel. And they saw and took, a man 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 GLT And Yahweh said to Moses,“Return the staff of Aaron to the face of the testimony for keeping for a sign for the sons of rebellion, and you shall end their grumblings from against 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 GLT And Moses did just as Yahweh had commanded him, thus he did. BSB BSB: So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
12 GLT And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying,“Look, we will expire! We will perish! All of us will perish! BSB BSB: Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
13 GLT All who come near, who come near to the dwelling of Yahweh die. Will we be finished by expiring?” BSB BSB: Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
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