Liber Numeri 17

1 et locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 loquere ad filios Israhel et accipe ab eis virgas singulas per cognationes suas a cunctis principibus tribuum virgas duodecim et uniuscuiusque nomen superscribes virgae suae

"Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write every man's name on his rod.

3 nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi et una virga cunctas eorum familias continebit

You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

4 ponesque eas in tabernaculo foederis coram testimonio ubi loquar ad te

You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

5 quem ex his elegero germinabit virga eius et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israhel quibus contra vos murmurant

It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you."

6 locutusque est Moses ad filios Israhel et dederunt ei omnes principes virgas per singulas tribus fueruntque virgae duodecim absque virga Aaron

Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their leaders gave him rods, one for each leader, according to their ancestral houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

7 quas cum posuisset Moses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii

Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

8 sequenti die regressus invenit germinasse virgam Aaron in domo Levi et turgentibus gemmis eruperant flores qui foliis dilatatis in amigdalas deformati sunt

It happened on the next day, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and look, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.

9 protulit ergo Moses omnes virgas de conspectu Domini ad cunctos filios Israhel videruntque et receperunt singuli virgas suas

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 dixitque Dominus ad Mosen refer virgam Aaron in tabernaculum testimonii ut servetur ibi in signum rebellium filiorum et quiescant querellae eorum a me ne moriantur

The LORD said to Moses, "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die."

11 fecitque Moses sicut praeceperat Dominus

Moses did so. As the LORD commanded him, so he did.

12 dixerunt autem filii Israhel ad Mosen ecce consumpti sumus omnes perivimus

The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Look, we perish. We are undone. We are all undone.

13 quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini moritur num usque ad internicionem cuncti delendi sumus

Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, dies. Will we all perish?"