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Numbers 17 Bible in Basic English
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1 And the Lord said to Moses,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods, one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father's house, making twelve rods; let every man's name be placed on his rod.
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod.
3 And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.
3 You shall write Aaron’s name on Levi’s rod. There shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.
4 And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.
4 You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
5 And the rod of that man who is marked out by me for myself will have buds on it; so I will put a stop to the outcries which the children of Israel make to me against you.
5 It shall happen that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. I will make the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you, cease from me.”
6 So Moses gave these orders to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him rods, one for the head of every family, making twelve rods: and Aaron's rod was among them.
6 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, a total of twelve rods. Aaron’s rod was among their rods.
7 And Moses put the rods before the Lord in the Tent of witness.
7 Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the Tent of the Testimony.
8 Now on the day after, Moses went into the Tent of witness; and he saw that Aaron's rod, the rod of the house of Levi, had put out buds, and was covered with buds and flowers and fruit.
8 On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
9 Then Moses took out all the rods from before the Lord, and gave them back to the children of Israel: and they saw them, and every man took his rod.
9 Moses brought out all the rods from before Yahweh to all the children of Israel. They looked, and each man took his rod.
10 And the Lord said to Moses, Put Aaron's rod back in front of the ark of witness, to be kept for a sign against this false-hearted people, so that you may put a stop to their outcries against me, and death may not overtake them.
10 Yahweh said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the covenant, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their complaining against me, that they not die.”
11 This Moses did: as the Lord gave orders, so he did.
11 Moses did so. As Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
12 And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.
12 The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
13 Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?
13 Everyone who keeps approaching Yahweh’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (9)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Psalm 110:2; Psalm 125:3; Micah 7:14; Ezekiel 21:13; Genesis 49:10
- 3 Numbers 18:7; Exodus 6:16; Exodus 6:20; Numbers 3:2–3; Numbers 18:1
- 4 Exodus 30:36; Exodus 29:42–43; Exodus 25:16–22; Numbers 17:7; Exodus 30:6
- 5 Numbers 16:5; Hosea 14:5; Numbers 16:11; Numbers 17:8; Ezekiel 16:41
- 7 Acts 7:44; Exodus 38:21; Numbers 18:2
- 8 Ezekiel 17:24; John 15:1–6; Psalm 132:17–18; Numbers 17:5; Isaiah 4:2
- 10 Ephesians 5:6; Hebrews 9:4; Isaiah 1:2; 1 Samuel 2:12; Numbers 16:38
- 12 Numbers 26:11; Proverbs 19:3; Psalm 90:7; Hebrews 12:5; Isaiah 6:5
- 13 Hebrews 10:19–22; Genesis 3:3; Numbers 18:4–7; 1 Chronicles 13:11–13; 1 Chronicles 15:13
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