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World English Bible

Numbers 17 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
[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] You shall write Aaron’s name on Levi’s rod. There shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.
[4] You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the covenant, where I meet with 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] 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] Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the Tent of the Testimony.
[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] Moses brought out all the rods from before Yahweh to all the children of Israel. They looked, and each man took his rod.
[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] Moses did so. As Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
[12] The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
[13] Everyone who keeps approaching Yahweh’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Numbers 17 (KJVS)

[1] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.
[3] And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
[4] And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
[5] And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
[6] And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince 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 the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
[8] And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
[9] And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
[10] And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
[11] And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
[12] And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
[13] Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

Numbers 17:10 Heb. children of rebellion

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Numbers 17 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () λέγων ()
[2] Λάλησον () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ () καὶ () λαβὲ () παρ’ () αὐτῶν () ῥάβδον () ῥάβδον () κατ’ () οἴκους () πατριῶν () παρὰ () πάντων () τῶν () ἀρχόντων () αὐτῶν () κατ’ () οἴκους () πατριῶν () αὐτῶν, () δώδεκα () ῥάβδους, () καὶ () ἑκάστου () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () ἐπίγραψον () ἐπὶ () τῆς () ῥάβδου () αὐτοῦ. ()
[3] Καὶ () τὸ () ὄνομα () Ααρων () ἐπίγραψον () ἐπὶ () τῆς () ῥάβδου () Λευι· () ἔστιν () γὰρ () ῥάβδος () μία, () κατὰ () φυλὴν () οἴκου () πατριῶν () αὐτῶν () δώσουσιν. ()
[4] Καὶ () θήσεις () αὐτὰς () ἐν () τῇ () σκηνῇ () τοῦ () μαρτυρίου () κατέναντι () τοῦ () μαρτυρίου, () ἐν () οἷς () γνωσθήσομαί () σοι () ἐκεῖ. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἔσται () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος, () ὃν () ἐὰν () ἐκλέξωμαι () αὐτόν, () ἡ () ῥάβδος () αὐτοῦ () ἐκβλαστήσει· καὶ () περιελῶ () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ () τὸν () γογγυσμὸν () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ, () ἃ () αὐτοὶ () γογγύζουσιν () ἐφ’ () ὑμῖν. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () Μωϋσῆς () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἔδωκαν () αὐτῷ () πάντες () οἱ () ἄρχοντες () αὐτῶν () ῥάβδον, () τῷ () ἄρχοντι () τῷ () ἑνὶ () ῥάβδον () κατὰ () ἄρχοντα () κατ’ () οἴκους () πατριῶν () αὐτῶν, () δώδεκα () ῥάβδους, () καὶ () ἡ () ῥάβδος () Ααρων () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () ῥάβδων () αὐτῶν. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἀπέθηκεν () Μωϋσῆς () τὰς () ῥάβδους () ἔναντι () κυρίου () ἐν () τῇ () σκηνῇ () τοῦ () μαρτυρίου. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () τῇ () ἐπαύριον () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () Μωϋσῆς () καὶ () Ααρων () εἰς () τὴν () σκηνὴν () τοῦ () μαρτυρίου, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἐβλάστησεν () ἡ () ῥάβδος () Ααρων () εἰς () οἶκον () Λευι () καὶ () ἐξήνεγκεν () βλαστὸν καὶ () ἐξήνθησεν ἄνθη () καὶ () ἐβλάστησεν () κάρυα.
[9] Καὶ () ἐξήνεγκεν () Μωϋσῆς () πάσας () τὰς () ῥάβδους () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () κυρίου () πρὸς () πάντας () υἱοὺς () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () εἶδον () καὶ () ἔλαβον () ἕκαστος () τὴν () ῥάβδον () αὐτοῦ. ()
[10] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () Ἀπόθες () τὴν () ῥάβδον () Ααρων () ἐνώπιον () τῶν () μαρτυρίων () εἰς () διατήρησιν σημεῖον () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () τῶν () ἀνηκόων, καὶ () παυσάσθω () ὁ () γογγυσμὸς () αὐτῶν () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀποθάνωσιν. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () Μωϋσῆς () καὶ () Ααρων () καθὰ () συνέταξεν () κύριος () τῷ () Μωυσῇ, () οὕτως () ἐποίησαν. ()
[12] Καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () λέγοντες () Ἰδοὺ () ἐξανηλώμεθα, ἀπολώλαμεν, () παρανηλώμεθα·
[13] πᾶς () ὁ () ἁπτόμενος () τῆς () σκηνῆς () κυρίου () ἀποθνῄσκει· () ἕως () εἰς () τέλος () ἀποθάνωμεν; ()

Numbers 17:1 Originally verse 17:16.
Numbers 17:2 Originally verse 17:17.
Numbers 17:3 Originally verse 17:18.
Numbers 17:4 Originally verse 17:19.
Numbers 17:5 Originally verse 17:20.
Numbers 17:6 Originally verse 17:21.
Numbers 17:7 Originally verse 17:22.
Numbers 17:8 Originally verse 17:23.
Numbers 17:9 Originally verse 17:24.
Numbers 17:10 Originally verse 17:25.
Numbers 17:11 Originally verse 17:26.
Numbers 17:12 Originally verse 17:27.
Numbers 17:13 Originally verse 17:28.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.