4 Mosebog 17
1 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:
Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
2 Tal til Israels Børn og tag af dem een Kæp for hvert Fædrenehus, af alle deres Fyrster for deres Fædrenehuse, tolv Kæppe; du skal skrive hvers Navn paa hans Kæp.
“Speak to the people of Israel and get staffs from them, one for each ancestral tribe, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff.
3 Og du skal skrive Arons Navn paa Levi Kæp; thi der skal være een Kæp for hver Øverste over deres Fædrenehuse.
You must write Aaron's name on Levi's staff. There must be one staff for each leader from his ancestors' tribe.
4 Og du skal lægge dem i Forsamlingens Paulun lige for Vidnesbyrdet, hvor jeg vil komme sammen med eder.
You must place the staffs in the tent of meeting in front of the covenant decrees, where I meet with you.
5 Og det skal ske, den Mand, jeg udvælger, hans Kæp skal blomstre; at jeg kan stille Israels Børns Knur imod mig, hvormed de knurre imod eder.
It will happen that the staff of the man whom I choose will bud. I will cause the complaints from the people of Israel to stop, which they are speaking against you.”
6 Og Mose talede til Israels Børn, og alle deres Fyrster gave ham for enhver Fyrste een Kæp, efter deres Fædrenehuse, tolv Kæppe; og Arons Kæp var midt iblandt deres Kæppe.
So Moses spoke to the people of Israel. All the tribal leaders gave him staffs, one staff from each leader, selected from each of the ancestral tribes, twelve staffs in all. Aaron's staff was among them.
7 Og Mose lagde Kæppene for Herrens Ansigt i Vidnesbyrdets Paulun.
Then Moses deposited the staffs before Yahweh in the tent of the covenant decrees.
8 Og det skete den anden Dag, da kom Mose til Vidnesbyrdets Paulun, og se, Arons Kæp for Levi Hus havde blomstret, ja, den havde baade skudt Knopper og fremført Blomster og baaret modne Mandler.
The next day Moses went into the tent of the covenant decrees and, behold, Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had budded. It grew buds and produced blossoms and ripe almonds!
9 Og Mose bar alle Kæppene ud fra Herrens Ansigt til alle Israels Børn, og de saa dem, og de toge hver sin Kæp.
Moses brought out all the staffs from before Yahweh to all the people of Israel, and each man took his staff.
10 Og Herren sagde til Mose: Bær Arons Kæp ind igen lige for Vidnesbyrdet, i Forvaring, til et Tegn imod de genstridige Børn; og du skal gøre en Ende paa deres Knur imod mig, at de ikke skulle dø.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Put Aaron's staff in front of the covenant decrees. Keep it as a sign of guilt against the people who rebelled so that you may end complaints against me, or they will die.”
11 Og Mose gjorde det, ligesom Herren befalede ham, saaledes gjorde han.
Moses did just as Yahweh had commanded him.
12 Og Israels Børn sagde til Mose, sigende: Se, vi maa opgive Aanden, vi omkomme, vi omkomme alle sammen!
The people of Israel spoke to Moses and said, “We will die here. We will all perish!
13 Enhver som kommer nær, den som kommer nær til Herrens Tabernakel, han maa dø; mon det da skulde være forbi med os, og vi skulde opgive Aanden?
Everyone who comes up, who approaches Yahweh's tabernacle, will die. Must we all perish?”
