Numbers 17:8-10

New King James Version

⁸Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the ^(A)rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds. ⁹Then 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.

¹⁰And the Lord said to Moses, “Bring ^(B)Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony, to be kept ^(C)as a sign against the rebels, ^(D)that you may put their complaints away from Me, lest they die.”

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Numbers 17:8-10

New American Standard Bible

⁸Now on the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, ^(A)Aaron’s staff for the house of Levi had sprouted and produced buds and bloomed with blossoms, and it yielded ripe almonds. ⁹Moses then brought out all the staffs from the presence of the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his staff. ¹⁰But the Lord said to Moses, “Put the staff of Aaron ^(B)back in front of the testimony ^[a]to be kept as a sign against the ^[b]^(C)rebels, so that you may put an end to their grumblings against Me and they do not die.”

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Footnotes

Numbers 17:10 Lit for preserving
Numbers 17:10 Lit sons of rebellion

Numbers 17:8-10

New International Version

⁸The next day Moses entered the tent^(A) and saw that Aaron’s staff,^(B) which represented the tribe of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.^(C) ⁹Then Moses brought out all the staffs^(D) from the Lord’s presence to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each of the leaders took his own staff.

¹⁰The Lord said to Moses, “Put back Aaron’s staff^(E) in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious.^(F) This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die.”

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