1 And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to the sons of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each fathers' house, from all their rulers according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods. Write thou every man's name upon his rod.

3 And thou shall write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

4 And thou shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

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 sons of Israel, which they murmur against you.

6 And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel. And all their rulers gave him rods, for each ruler one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

7 And Moses laid up the rods before LORD in the tent of the testimony.

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 bore ripe almonds.

9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before LORD to all the sons of Israel. And they looked, and took every man his rod.

10 And LORD said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a sign against the sons of rebellion, that thou may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die.

11 Thus Moses did. As LORD commanded him, so he did.

12 And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

13 Every man who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of LORD, dies. Shall we all of us perish?

1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge:

2 speake vnto the childern of Israel and take of them for euery pryncypall housse a rod of their princes ouer the housses of their fathers: euen .xij. roddes and wryte euery mans name apon his rod.

3 And wryte Aarons name apon the staffe of Leui: for euery heedman ouer the housses of their fathers shall haue a rod.

4 And put the in the tabernacle of witnesse where I wyll mete you.

5 And his rod whom I chose shall blossome: So I wyll make cease from me the grudgynges of the childern of Israel which they grudge agenst you.

6 And Moses spake vnto the childern off Israel and all the prynces gaue him for euery prynce ouer their fathers housses a rod: euen .xij. roddes and the rod of Aaron was amonge the rodes.

7 And Moses put ye roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse.

8 And on the morowe Moses went in to the tabernacle: and beholde the rod of Aaron of the housse of Leui was budded and bare blosomes and almondes.

9 And Moses broughte out all the staues from before the Lorde vnto all the childern of Israel and thei loked apon them and toke euery man his staffe.

10 And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses: brynge Aarons rod agayne before the witnesse to be kepte for a token vnto the childern of rebellyon that their murmurynges maye ceasse fro me that they dye not.

11 And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him.

12 And the childern of Israel spake vnto Moses sayenge: beholde we are destroyed and all come to nought:

13 for whosoeuer cometh nye the dwellynge of the Lord dyeth. Shall we vtterly consume awaye?