Numbers 17
Common English Bible
Aaron’s budding staff
17 [a] The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 Speak to the Israelites and take from them a staff from each household, from each of the chiefs of their households, twelve staffs. Write each person’s name on his staff. 3 Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, for there will be one staff for the leader of each household. 4 Then you will place them in the meeting tent in front of the chest containing the covenant, where I meet you. 5 The staff of the person I choose will sprout. Then I will rid myself of the Israelites’ complaints that they make against you.
6 Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their chiefs gave him a staff, one staff for each chief and his household, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron was with their staffs. 7 Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the meeting tent. 8 The next day Moses entered the covenant tent, and Aaron’s staff of Levi’s household had sprouted. It grew shoots, produced blossoms, and bore almonds. 9 Moses brought out all the staffs from the Lord’s presence to the Israelites. They saw what happened, and each person took back his staff.
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Return Aaron’s staff in front of the chest containing the covenant to serve as a sign to the rebels so that their complaints against me end and they don’t die.” 11 Moses did exactly as the Lord commanded him.
12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We are perishing. We are being destroyed. All of us are being destroyed. 13 Anyone who approaches the Lord’s dwelling will die. Are we doomed to perish?”
Footnotes
- Numbers 17:1 17:16 in Heb
Numbers 17
International Children’s Bible
Aaron’s Walking Stick Buds
17 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel. Get 12 walking sticks from them. Get 1 from the leader of each tribe. Write the name of each man on his stick. 3 On the stick from Levi, write Aaron’s name. There must be 1 stick for the head of each tribe. 4 Put them in the Meeting Tent. Place them in front of the Ark of the Covenant, where I meet with you. 5 I will choose one man. His stick will begin to grow leaves. And I will stop the Israelites from always complaining against you.”
6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites. Each of the 12 leaders gave him a walking stick. And Aaron’s walking stick was among them. 7 Moses put them before the Lord in the Tent of the Agreement.
8 The next day Moses entered the Tent. He saw that Aaron’s stick had grown leaves. (It stood for the family of Levi.) It had even budded, blossomed and produced almonds. 9 So Moses brought out to the Israelites all the walking sticks from the Lord’s presence. They all looked, and each man took back his stick.
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s walking stick back. Put it in front of the Ark of the Covenant. It will be a sign to these people who are always turning against me. This will stop their complaining against me. Now they won’t die.” 11 So Moses obeyed what the Lord commanded him.
12 The people of Israel said to Moses, “We are going to die! We are lost. We are all lost! 13 Anyone who even comes near the Holy Tent of the Lord will die. Will we all die?”
Números 17
Nueva Traducción Viviente
La vara de Aarón brota
17 [a]Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés: 2 «Diles a los israelitas que te traigan doce varas de madera, una por cada jefe de las tribus de los antepasados de Israel, y escribe el nombre de cada jefe en su propia vara. 3 Escribe el nombre de Aarón sobre la vara de la tribu de Leví, pues debe haber una vara por cada jefe de tribu patriarcal. 4 Coloca las varas en el tabernáculo delante del arca que contiene las tablas del pacto,[b] donde me encuentro contigo. 5 Entonces, de la vara del hombre que yo elija saldrán brotes y finalmente pondré fin a las murmuraciones y a las quejas de este pueblo en contra de ustedes».
6 Así que Moisés dio las instrucciones al pueblo de Israel, y cada uno de los doce jefes de las tribus, incluido Aarón, llevó una vara a Moisés; 7 Entonces Moisés colocó las varas en la presencia del Señor en el tabernáculo del pacto.[c] 8 Al día siguiente, cuando Moisés entró en el tabernáculo del pacto, encontró que la vara de Aarón, que representaba a la tribu de Leví, ¡había retoñado, echado brotes, florecido y producido almendras maduras!
9 Después que Moisés sacó todas las varas de la presencia del Señor, las mostró al pueblo y cada hombre tomó su propia vara. 10 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés: «Pon la vara de Aarón permanentemente delante del arca del pacto[d] para que sirva de advertencia a los rebeldes. Esto deberá poner fin a las quejas contra mí y evitará más muertes». 11 Y Moisés hizo lo que el Señor le ordenó.
12 Entonces el pueblo de Israel le dijo a Moisés: «¡Estamos perdidos! ¡Moriremos! ¡Estamos arruinados! 13 Cualquiera que tan siquiera se acerque al tabernáculo del Señor morirá. ¿Acaso estamos todos condenados a morir?».
Footnotes
- 17:1 Los versículos del 17:1-13 corresponden al 17:16-28 en el texto hebreo.
- 17:4 En hebreo en la carpa de reunión delante del testimonio. El término hebreo para «testimonio» se refiere a las condiciones del pacto del Señor con Israel escritas en las tablas de piedra, que se guardaban dentro del arca, y también se refiere al pacto mismo.
- 17:7 O tabernáculo del testimonio; también en 17:8.
- 17:10 En hebreo delante del testimonio; ver nota en 17:4.
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