17:1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
17:1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

17:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
17:2 "Speak to the sons of Israel, and get from them a rod for each father's household: twelve rods, from all their leaders according to their fathers' households. You shall write each name on his rod,

17:3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
17:3 and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head [of each] of their fathers' households.

17:4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
17:4 "You shall then deposit them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you.

17:5 And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
17:5 "And it will come about that the rod of the man whom I choose will sprout. Thus I shall lessen from upon Myself the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you."

17:6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
17:6 Moses therefore spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave him a rod apiece, for each leader according to their fathers' households, twelve rods, with the rod of Aaron among their rods.

17:7 And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.
17:7 So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

17:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds.
17:8 Now it came about on the next day that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.

17:9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
17:9 Moses then brought out all the rods from the presence of the LORD to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.

17:10 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not.
17:10 But the LORD said to Moses, "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony to be kept as a sign against the rebels, that you may put an end to their grumblings against Me, so that they should not die."

17:11 Thus did Moses: as Jehovah commanded him, so did he.
17:11 Thus Moses did; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.

17:12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
17:12 Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying!

17:13 Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?
17:13 "Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?"