4 Mosebog 17
1 Og HERREN talede til Moses og sagde:
Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
2 »Sig til Israeliterne, at Øversterne for Fædrenehusene skal give dig en Stav for hvert Fædrenehus, tolv Stave i alt, og skriv saa hver enkelts Navn paa hans Stav
“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 skriv Arons Navn paa Levis Stav, thi hvert Overhoved for Fædrenehusene skal have een Stav.
You must write Aaron's name on Levi's staff. There must be one staff for each leader from his ancestors' tribe.
4 Læg dem saa ind i Aabenbaringsteltet foran Vidnesbyrdet, der, hvor jeg aabenbarer mig for dig.
You must place the staffs in the tent of meeting in front of the covenant decrees, where I meet with you.
5 Den Mand, jeg udvælger, hans Stav skal da grønnes; saaledes vil jeg bringe Israeliternes Knurren imod eder til Tavshed, saa jeg kan blive fri for den.«
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 Moses sagde nu dette til Israeliterne, og alle deres Øverster gav ham en Stav, saa der blev en Stav for hver Øverste efter deres Fædrenehuse, tolv Stave i alt, og Arons Stav var imellem Stavene.
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 Derpaa lagde Moses Stavene hen foran HERRENS Aasyn i Vidnesbyrdets Telt.
Then Moses deposited the staffs before Yahweh in the tent of the covenant decrees.
8 Da Moses næste Dag kom ind i Vidnesbyrdets Telt, se, da var Arons Stav, Staven for Levis Hus, grønnedes; den havde sat Skud, var kommet i Blomst og bar 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 Da tog Moses Stavene bort fra HERRENS Aasyn og bar dem ud til Israeliterne, og de saa paa dem og tog hver sin Stav.
Moses brought out all the staffs from before Yahweh to all the people of Israel, and each man took his staff.
10 Men HERREN sagde til Moses: »Læg Arons Stav tilbage foran Vidnesbyrdet, for at den kan opbevares til Tegn for de genstridige, og gør Ende paa deres Knurren, saa jeg kan blive fri for den, at de ikke skal 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 Moses gjorde som HERREN havde paalagt ham; saaledes gjorde han.
Moses did just as Yahweh had commanded him.
12 Men Israeliterne sagde til Moses: »Se, vi omkommer, det er ude med os, det er ude med os alle sammen!
The people of Israel spoke to Moses and said, “We will die here. We will all perish!
13 Enhver, der kommer HERRENS Bolig nær, dør. Skal vi da virkelig omkomme alle sammen?«
Everyone who comes up, who approaches Yahweh's tabernacle, will die. Must we all perish?”
