50AND HE RETURNED AARON TO MOSES TO [THE] ENTRANCE OF [THE] TENT OF MEETING AND THE PLAGUE IT HAD BEEN RESTRAINED 50Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted.
2SPEAK TO [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND TAKE FROM WITH THEM A ROD A ROD FOR [THE] HOUSE OF AN ANCESTOR FROM WITH ALL LEADERS THEIR TO [THE] HOUSE OF ANCESTORS THEIR TWO [PLUS] TEN RODS EACH <OBJ.> NAME HIS YOU WILL WRITE ON ROD HIS 2“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,
3AND <OBJ.> [THE] NAME OF AARON YOU WILL WRITE ON [THE] ROD OF LEVI FOR A ROD ONE [IS] FOR [THE] HEAD OF [THE] HOUSE OF ANCESTORS THEIR 3and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
4AND YOU WILL DEPOSIT THEM IN [THE] TENT OF MEETING <TO> BEFORE THE TESTIMONY WHERE I MEET <TO> <THE> YOU THERE <TOWARDS> 4Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony,*NoteCloseThe Testimony refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments; also in verse 10. where I meet with you.
5AND IT WILL BE THE MAN WHOM I WILL CHOOSE <IN> <THE> HIM ROD HIS IT WILL BUD AND I WILL PUT AN END TO FROM ON <THE> ME <OBJ.> [THE] GRUMBLINGS OF [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WHICH THEY [ARE] GRUMBLING ON YOU 5The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
6AND HE SPOKE MOSES TO [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND THEY GAVE TO HIM ALL LEADERS THEIR A ROD FOR A LEADER ONE A ROD FOR A LEADER ONE TO [THE] HOUSE OF ANCESTORS THEIR TWO [PLUS] TEN RODS AND [THE] ROD OF AARON [WAS] IN AMONG RODS THEIR 6So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff— one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them.
7AND HE DEPOSITED MOSES <OBJ.> THE RODS <TO> BEFORE YAHWEH IN [THE] TENT OF THE TESTIMONY 7Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
8AND IT WAS FROM [THE] NEXT DAY AND HE WENT MOSES INTO [THE] TENT OF THE TESTIMONY AND THERE! IT HAD BUDDED [THE] ROD OF AARON OF [THE] HOUSE OF LEVI AND IT HAD PUT FORTH BUD[S] AND IT HAD BLOSSOMED BLOSSOM AND IT HAD RIPENED ALMONDS 8The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.
9AND HE BROUGHT OUT MOSES <OBJ.> ALL THE RODS FROM TO BEFORE YAHWEH TO ALL [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND THEY SAW AND THEY TOOK EACH ONE ROD HIS 9Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.
10AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO MOSES PUT BACK <OBJ.> [THE] ROD OF AARON <TO> BEFORE THE TESTIMONY FOR KEEPING FOR A SIGN FOR [THE] SONS OF REBELLION AND MAY YOU PUT AN END TO GRUMBLINGS THEIR FROM ON <THE> ME AND NOT THEY WILL DIE 10The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
11AND HE DID MOSES JUST AS HE HAD COMMANDED YAHWEH <OBJ.> HIM SO HE DID 11So Moses did as the LORD. had commanded him.
12AND THEY SAID [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL TO MOSES <TO> SAYING HERE! WE WILL DIE WE WILL PERISH ALL OF US WE WILL PERISH 12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
13EVERY <THE> [PERSON] APPROACHING <THE> [PERSON] APPROACHING TO [THE] TABERNACLE OF YAHWEH HE WILL DIE ¿ OR WILL WE COMPLETE TO DIE 13Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”