民数记 17
1 耶和华对摩西说：
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “你晓谕以色列人，从他们手下取杖，每支派一根；从他们所有的首领，按着支派，共取十二根。你要将各人的名字写在各人的杖上，
Speak to 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 并要将亚伦的名字写在利未的杖上，因为各族长必有一根杖。
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 你要把这些杖存在会幕内法柜前，就是我与你们相会之处。
And thou shalt lay them in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
5 后来我所拣选的那人，他的杖必发芽。这样，我必使以色列人向你们所发的怨言止息，不再达到我耳中。”
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, by which they murmur against you.
6 于是摩西晓谕以色列人，他们的首领就把杖交给他，按着支派，每首领一根，共有十二根；亚伦的杖也在其中。
And Moses spoke to 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 摩西就把杖存在法柜的帐幕内，在耶和华面前。
And Moses laid the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
8 第二天，摩西进法柜的帐幕去。谁知利未族亚伦的杖已经发了芽，生了花苞，开了花，结了熟杏。
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 had budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
9 摩西就把所有的杖从耶和华面前拿出来，给以色列众人看；他们看见了，各首领就把自己的杖拿去。
And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
10 耶和华吩咐摩西说：“把亚伦的杖还放在法柜前，给这些背叛之子留作记号。这样，你就使他们向我发的怨言止息，免得他们死亡。”
And the LORD said to 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 摩西就这样行。耶和华怎样吩咐他，他就怎样行了。
And Moses did [so]: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
12 以色列人对摩西说：“我们死啦！我们灭亡啦！都灭亡啦！
And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
13 凡挨近耶和华帐幕的是必死的。我们都要死亡吗？”
Whoever approacheth the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
