Numbers 17

1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,

2 to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel and to take: take from with them tribe: rod tribe: rod to/for house: household father from with all leader their to/for house: household father their two ten tribe man: anyone [obj] name his to write upon tribe: rod his

“Tell the Israeli people to bring to you twelve walking sticks. They should bring one from each of the leaders of the twelve tribes. You should carve each leader’s name on his stick.

3 and [obj] name Aaron to write upon tribe: rod Levi for tribe: rod one to/for head: leader house: household father their

There must be one stick for the leader of each tribe, so you must carve Aaron’s name on the stick for the tribe of Levi.

4 and to rest them in/on/with tent meeting to/for face: before [the] testimony which to appoint to/for you there [to]

Put those sticks inside the Sacred Tent, in front of the sacred chest that has in it the tablets on which the Ten Commandments are written. That is the place where I always talk with you.

5 and to be [the] man which to choose in/on/with him tribe: rod his to sprout and to subside from upon me [obj] murmuring son: descendant/people Israel which they(masc.) to grumble upon you

Buds will sprout on the stick of the man whom I have chosen [to be the priest]. [When the people see that], they will stop their constantly complaining about you [because they will realize that you are the one whom I have chosen].”

6 and to speak: speak Moses to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel and to give: give to(wards) him all leader their tribe: rod to/for leader one tribe: rod to/for leader one to/for house: household father their two ten tribe: rod and tribe: rod Aaron in/on/with midst tribe: rod their

So Moses/I told the people what Yahweh had said. Then each of the twelve Israeli leaders, including Aaron, brought his walking stick to Moses/me.

7 and to rest Moses [obj] [the] tribe: rod to/for face: before LORD in/on/with tent [the] testimony

Moses/I placed the sticks inside the Sacred Tent in front of the sacred chest.

8 and to be from morrow and to come (in): come Moses to(wards) tent [the] testimony and behold to sprout tribe: rod Aaron to/for house: household Levi and to come out: produce flower and to blossom flower and to wean almond

The following morning, when he/I went into the tent, he/I saw that Aaron’s stick, which represented the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, it had produced leaves and blossoms, and it had also produced almonds that were ripe!

9 and to come out: send Moses [obj] all [the] tribe: rod from to/for face: before LORD to(wards) all son: descendant/people Israel and to see: see and to take: take man: anyone tribe: rod his

Moses/I brought all the sticks out of the Sacred Tent and showed them to the people. Each of the twelve leaders took back his own stick.

10 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to return: return [obj] tribe: rod Aaron to/for face: before [the] testimony to/for charge to/for sign: indicator to/for son: young animal rebellion and to end: finish murmuring their from upon me and not to die

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Put Aaron’s stick in front of the sacred chest, and let it stay there permanently. That will be a warning to people who want to rebel [against me]. Then no more people will die [because of complaining against me].”

11 and to make: do Moses like/as as which to command LORD [obj] him so to make: do

So Moses/I did what Yahweh had commanded.

12 and to say son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) Moses to/for to say look! to die to perish all our (to perish *LAB(h)*)

Then the Israeli people said to Moses/me, “We are going to die! All of us are surely going to die!

13 all [the] approaching [the] approaching to(wards) tabernacle LORD to die if: surely no to finish to/for to die

Everyone who comes close to Yahweh’s Sacred Tent dies. Are the rest of us going to die, also?” [RHQ]