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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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GOD spoke to Moses:
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The LORD said to Moses,
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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Then the LORD said to Moses,
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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.
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"Speak to the People of Israel. Get staffs from them--twelve staffs in all, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes. Write each man's name on his staff.
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"Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes. Write the name of each man on his staff.
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"Speak to the children of Israel, and get from them a rod from each father's house, all their leaders according to their fathers' houses--twelve rods. Write each man's name on his rod.
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"Take twelve wooden staffs, one from each of Israel's ancestral tribes, and inscribe each tribal leader's name on his staff.
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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.
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Start with Aaron; write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi and then proceed with the rest, a staff for the leader of each ancestral tribe.
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On the staff of Levi write Aaron's name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe.
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And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father's house.
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Inscribe Aaron's name on the staff of the tribe of Levi, for there must be one staff for the leader of each ancestral tribe.
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And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
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Now lay them out in the Tent of Meeting in front of The Testimony where I keep appointments with you.
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Place them in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.
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Then you shall place them in the tabernacle of meeting before the Testimony, where I meet with you.
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Put these staffs in the Tabernacle in front of the Ark of the Covenant, where I meet with you.
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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.
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What will happen next is this: The staff of the man I choose will sprout. I'm going to put a stop to this endless grumbling by the People of Israel against you."
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The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against you by the Israelites."
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And it shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will blossom; thus I will rid Myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, which they make against you."
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Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to this murmuring and complaining against you."
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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.
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Moses spoke to the People of Israel. Their leaders handed over twelve staffs, one for the leader of each tribe. And Aaron's staff was one of them.
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So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one for the leader of each of their ancestral tribes, and Aaron's staff was among them.
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So Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and each of their leaders gave him a rod apiece, for each leader according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
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So Moses gave the instructions to the people of Israel, and each of the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron, brought Moses a staff.
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And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
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Moses laid out the staffs before GOD in the Tent of Testimony.
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Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
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And Moses placed the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
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Moses put the staffs in the LORD's presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.
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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.
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Moses walked into the Tent of Testimony the next day and saw that Aaron's staff, the staff of the tribe of Levi, had in fact sprouted--buds, blossoms, and even ripe almonds!
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The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron's staff, which represented the house of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.
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Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.
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When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron's staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, blossomed, and produced almonds!
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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.
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Moses brought out all the staffs from GOD's presence and presented them to the People of Israel. They took a good look. Each leader took the staff with his name on it.
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Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD's presence to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his own staff.
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Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.
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When Moses brought all the staffs out from the LORD's presence, he showed them to the people. Each man claimed his own staff.
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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.
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GOD said to Moses, "Return Aaron's staff to the front of The Testimony. Keep it there as a sign to rebels. This will put a stop to the grumbling against me and save their lives."
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The LORD said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's staff in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die."
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And the LORD said to Moses, "Bring Aaron's rod back before the Testimony, to be kept as a sign against the rebels, that you may put their complaints away from Me, lest they die."
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And the LORD said to Moses: "Place Aaron's staff permanently before the Ark of the Covenant as a warning to rebels. This should put an end to their complaints against me and prevent any further deaths."
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And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
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Moses did just as GOD commanded him.
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Moses did just as the LORD commanded him.
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Thus did Moses; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
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So Moses did as the LORD commanded him.
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And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
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The People of Israel said to Moses, "We're as good as dead. This is our death sentence.
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The Israelites said to Moses, "We will die! We are lost, we are all lost!
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So the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Surely we die, we perish, we all perish!
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Then the people of Israel said to Moses, "We are as good as dead! We are ruined!
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Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
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Anyone who even gets close to The Dwelling of GOD is as good as dead. Are we all doomed?"
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Anyone who even comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to die?"
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Whoever even comes near the tabernacle of the LORD must die. Shall we all utterly die?"
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Everyone who even comes close to the Tabernacle of the LORD dies. We are all doomed!"
