Numbers 17
1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
2 “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.
Loquere ad filios Israël, et accipe ab eis virgas singulas per cognationes suas, a cunctis principibus tribuum, virgas duodecim, et uniuscujusque nomen superscribes virgæ suæ.
3 You shall write Aaron’s name on Levi’s rod. There shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.
Nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi, et una virga cunctas seorsum familias continebit:
4 You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
ponesque eas in tabernaculo fœderis coram testimonio, ubi loquar ad te.
5 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.”
Quem ex his elegero, germinabit virga ejus: et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israël, quibus contra vos murmurant.
6 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 amongst their rods.
Locutusque est Moyses ad filios Israël: et dederunt ei omnes principes virgas per singulas tribus: fueruntque virgæ duodecim absque virga Aaron.
7 Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
Quas cum posuisset Moyses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii,
8 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.
sequenti die regressus invenit germinasse virgam Aaron in domo Levi: et turgentibus gemmis eruperant flores, qui, foliis dilatatis, in amygdalas deformati sunt.
9 Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel. They looked, and each man took his rod.
Protulit ergo Moyses omnes virgas de conspectu Domini ad cunctos filios Israël: videruntque, et receperunt singuli virgas suas.
10 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.”
Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Refer virgam Aaron in tabernaculum testimonii, ut servetur ibi in signum rebellium filiorum Israël, et quiescant querelæ eorum a me, ne moriantur.
11 Moses did so. As the LORD commanded him, so he did.
Fecitque Moyses sicut præceperat Dominus.
12 The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
Dixerunt autem filii Israël ad Moysen: Ecce consumpti sumus, omnes perivimus.
13 Everyone who keeps approaching the LORD’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”
Quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini, moritur. Num usque ad internecionem cuncti delendi sumus?
