Numbers Chapter 17
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
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And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
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and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot;
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that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
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I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah your God.
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Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took
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men:
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and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown;
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and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?
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And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
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and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning Jehovah will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff.
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And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for [each] head of their fathers' houses.
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And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
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And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his staff shall bud forth; and I will make to cease from before me the murmurings of the children of Israel, that they murmur against you.
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And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their princes gave him a staff, one staff for each prince according to their fathers' houses, twelve staves, and the staff of Aaron was among their staves.
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And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.
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And it came to pass, when on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony, behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and ripened almonds.
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And Moses brought out all the staves from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel, and they looked and took each one his staff.
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And Jehovah said to Moses, Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony, to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion, that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me, that they may not die.
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And Moses did so: as Jehovah had commanded him, so did he.
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And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.
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Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, Take up the brazen censers out of the midst of the men that have been burnt, and scatter the strange fire yonder, for they have sanctified the censers
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of these sinners against their own souls, and do thou make them beaten plates a covering to the altar, because they were brought before the Lord and hallowed; and they became a sign to the children of Israel.
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest took the brazen censers, which the men who had been burnt brought near, and they put them as a covering on the altar:
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a memorial to the children of Israel that no stranger might draw nigh, who is not of the seed of Aaron, to offer incense before the Lord; so he shall not be as Core and as they that conspired with him, as the Lord spoke to him by the hand of Moses.
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And the children of Israel murmured the next day against Moses and Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
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And it came to pass when the congregation combined against Moses and Aaron, that they ran impetuously to the tabernacle of witness; and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
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And Moses and Aaron went in, in front of the tabernacle of witness.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
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Depart out of the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once: and they fell upon their faces.
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And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer, and put on it fire from the altar, and put incense on it, and carry it away quickly into the camp, and make atonement for them; for wrath is gone forth from the presence of the Lord, it has begun to destroy the people.
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And Aaron took as Moses spoke to him, and ran among the congregation, for already the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
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And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased.
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And they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died on account of Core.
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And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the plague ceased.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods of them, according to the houses of their families, a rod from all their princes, according to the houses of their families, twelve rods, and write the name of each on his rod.
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And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod [for each]: they shall give [them] according to the tribe of the house of their families.
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And thou shalt put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to thee.
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And it shall be, the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall blossom; and I will remove from me the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
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And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him a rod [each], for one chief a rod, according to the house of their families, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron [was] in the midst of the rods.
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And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed, and put forth a bud, and bloomed blossoms and produced almonds.
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And Moses brought forth all the rods from before the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each one took his rod.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaron before the testimonies to be kept as a sign for the children of the disobedient; and let their murmuring cease from me, and they shall not die.
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And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
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And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.
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Every one that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly?
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
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Loquere ad filios Israel, et accipe ab eis virgas singulas per cognationes suas, a cunctis principibus tribuum, virgas duodecim, et uniuscuiusque nomen superscribes virgæ suæ.
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nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi, et una virga cunctas seorsum familias continebit:
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ponesque eas in tabernaculo fœderis coram testimonio, ubi loquar ad te.
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quem ex his elegero, germinabit virga eius: et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israel, quibus contra vos murmurant.
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Locutusque est Moyses ad filios Israel: et dederunt ei omnes principes virgas per singulas tribus: fueruntque virgæ duodecim absque virga Aaron.
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Quas cum posuisset Moyses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii:
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sequenti die regressus invenit germinasse virgam Aaron in domo Levi: et turgentibus gemmis eruperant flores, qui, foliis dilatatis, in amygdalas deformati sunt.
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Protulit ergo Moyses omnes virgas de conspectu Domini ad cunctos filios Israel: videruntque et receperunt singuli virgas suas.
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Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Refer virgam Aaron in tabernaculum testimonii, ut servetur ibi in signum rebellium filiorum Israel, et quiescant querelæ eorum a me, ne moriantur.
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Fecitque Moyses sicut præceperat Dominus.
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Dixerunt autem filii Israel ad Moysen: Ecce consumpti sumus, omnes perivimus.
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quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini, moritur. num usque ad internecionem cuncti delendi sumus?
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“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.
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You shall write Aaron’s name on Levi’s rod. There shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.
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You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
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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.”
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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.
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Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
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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.
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Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel. They looked, and each man took his rod.
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The LORD 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.”
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Moses did so. As the LORD commanded him, so he did.
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The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
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Everyone who keeps approaching the LORD’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and take from them each a rod, for a father's house, from all their princes, for the house of their fathers, twelve rods; the name of each thou dost write on his rod,
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and Aaron's name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod <FI>is<Fi> for the head of their fathers' house:
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and thou hast placed them in the tent of meeting, before the testimony, where I meet with you.
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`And it hath come to pass, the man's rod on whom I fix doth flourish, and I have caused to cease from off me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against you.'
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And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel, and all their princes give unto him one rod for a prince, one rod for a prince, for their fathers' house, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of their rods;
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and Moses placeth the rods before Jehovah, in the tent of the testimony.
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And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses goeth in unto the tent of the testimony, and lo, the rod of Aaron hath flourished for the house of Levi, and is bringing out flourishing, and doth blossom blossoms, and doth produce almonds;
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and Moses bringeth out all the rods from before Jehovah, unto all the sons of Israel, and they look, and take each his rod.
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Put back the rod of Aaron, before the testimony, for a charge, for a sign to the sons of rebellion, and thou dost remove their murmurings from off me, and they do not die;'
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and Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him; so he hath done.
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And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, `Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;
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any who is at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah dieth; have we not been consumed--to expire?'
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).