| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: | 1 The LORD instructed Moses, |
| 2“Speak to the children of Israel, and get from them a rod from each father’s house, all their leaders according to their fathers’ houses—twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod. | 2"Tell the Israelis to take a rod—one from each ancestral house, that is, one from every leader, for a total of twelve rods. Write each tribal name on his rod. |
| 3And you shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father’s house. | 3You are also to write Aaron's name on the tribe of Levi, since there is to be one rod for every leader of their ancestral tribes. |
| 4Then you shall place them in the tabernacle of meeting before the Testimony, where I meet with you. | 4"Then lay them there in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Ark of the Covenant where I'll meet with you. |
| 5And it shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will blossom; thus I will rid Myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, which they make against you.” | 5The rod that belongs to the man whom I'll choose will burst into bloom. That's how I'll put a stop to the complaints of the Israelis, who are complaining against you." |
| 6So Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and each of their leaders gave him a rod apiece, for each leader according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. | 6So Moses spoke to the Israelis, and each of the tribe leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader, according to their ancestral tribes, for a total of twelve rods. Aaron's rod was one of them. |
| 7And Moses placed the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. | 7Then Moses laid out the rods in the LORD'S presence, inside the Tent of Testimony. |
| 8Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds. | 8The next morning, Moses went to the Tent of Testimony and the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had burst into bloom! It sprouted buds, bloomed blossoms, and produced fully ripe almonds! |
| 9Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod. | 9Then Moses took out all the rods from the LORD's presence to show all the Israelis. Everybody looked, and then each man took his rod. |
| 10And the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony, to be kept as a sign against the rebels, that you may put their complaints away from Me, lest they die.” | 10Then the Lord instructed Moses, "Return Aaron's rod before the testimony to be kept for a reminder against the rebels so that you may put an end to their complaints against me and so that they won't die." |
| 11Thus did Moses; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did. | 11So Moses did exactly what the LORD had commanded him to do. |
| 12So the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Surely we die, we perish, we all perish! | 12Then the Israelis told Moses, "We're sure to die! We're all going to perish—all of us! |
| 13Whoever even comes near the tabernacle of the LORD must die. Shall we all utterly die?” | 13Anyone who comes near or approaches the LORD's tent is to die. Are all of us going to die?" |
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