Dual Panel1The Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
2“Speak <01696> to <0413> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, and receive <03947> from them a staff <04294> from each tribe <01> <01004> <04294>, one from every <03605> tribal leader <01> <01004> <05387>, twelve <06240> <08147> staffs <04294>; you must write <03789> each man’s <0376> name <08034> on <05921> his staff <04294>.
3You must write <03789> Aaron’s <0175> name <08034> on <05921> the staff <04294> of Levi <03878>; for <03588> one <0259> staff <04294> is for the head <07218> of every tribe <01> <01004>.
4You must place <03240> them in the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> before <06440> the ark of the covenant <05715> where <08033> <0834> I meet <03259> with you.
5And the staff <04294> of the man <0376> whom <0834> I choose <0977> will blossom <06524>; so I will rid <07918> myself of <07918> the complaints <08519> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>, which <0834> they <01992> murmur <03885> against <05921> you.”
6So Moses <04872> spoke <01696> to <0413> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, and each of their leaders <05387> <05387> gave <05414> him a staff <04294>, one <0259> for each <0259> leader <05387>, according to their tribes <01> <01004> <04294>– twelve <06240> staffs <04294>; the staff <04294> of Aaron <0175> was among <08432> their staffs <04294>.
7Then Moses <04872> placed <03240> the staffs <04294> before <06440> the Lord <03068> in the tent <0168> of the testimony <05715>.
8On the next day <04283> Moses <04872> went <0935> into <0413> the tent <0168> of the testimony <05715>– and <02009> the staff <04294> of Aaron <0175> for the house <01004> of Levi <03878> had sprouted <06524>, and brought forth <03318> buds <06525>, and produced <06692> blossoms <06731>, and yielded <01580> almonds <08247>!
9So Moses <04872> brought out <03318> all <03605> the staffs <04294> from before <06440> the Lord <03069> to <0413> all <03605> the Israelites <03478> <01121>. They looked <07200> at them, and each man <0376> took <03947> his staff <04294>.
10The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Bring <07725> Aaron’s <0175> staff <04294> back before <06440> the testimony <05715> to be preserved for <04931> a sign <0226> to the rebels <04805> <01121>, so that you may bring <03615> their murmurings <08519> to an end before me, that they will not <03808> die <04191>.”
11So Moses <04872> did <06213> as <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> him– this is what <03651> he did <06213>.
12The Israelites <03478> said <0559> <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “We are bound to die <01478>! We perish <06>, we all <03605> perish <06>!
13Anyone <03605> who even comes close <07131> <07131> to <0413> the tabernacle <04908> of the Lord <03068> will die <04191>! Are <0518> we all to die <01478>?”