Numbers 17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And יהוה  spoke to Mosheh, saying,

² “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ

³ and write Aharon’s name on the rod of Lĕ

⁴ “You shall then place them in the Tent of Meeting before the Witness, where I meet with you.

⁵ “And it shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose buds, and I shall rid Myself of the grumblings of the children of Yisra’ĕ

⁶ And Mosheh spoke to the children of Yisra’ĕ

⁷ So Mosheh placed the rods before יהוה  in the Tent of the Witness.

⁸ And it came to be on the next day that Mosheh went into the Tent of the Witness and saw that the rod of Aharon, of the house of Lĕ

⁹ And Mosheh brought out all the rods from before יהוה  to all the children of Yisra’ĕ

¹⁰ And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “Bring Aharon’s rod back before the Witness, to be kept as a sign against the rebels, so that you put an end to their grumblings against Me, lest they die.”

¹¹ And Mosheh did as יהוה  had commanded him, so he did.

¹² And the children of Yisra’ĕ

¹³ “Anyone who comes near the Dwelling Place of יהוה  dies. Shall we be consumed – to die?”