Numbers 17

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff.

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 And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for [each] head of their fathers' houses.

Nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi, et una virga cunctas seorsum familias continebit:

4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

ponesque eas in tabernaculo fœderis coram testimonio, ubi loquar ad te.

5 And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his staff shall bud forth; and I will make to cease from before me the murmurings of the children of Israel, that they murmur against you.

Quem ex his elegero, germinabit virga ejus: et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israël, quibus contra vos murmurant.

6 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their princes gave him a staff, one staff for each prince according to their fathers' houses, twelve staves, and the staff of Aaron was among their staves.

Locutusque est Moyses ad filios Israël: et dederunt ei omnes principes virgas per singulas tribus: fueruntque virgæ duodecim absque virga Aaron.

7 And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.

Quas cum posuisset Moyses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii,

8 And it came to pass, when on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony, behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and ripened almonds.

sequenti die regressus invenit germinasse virgam Aaron in domo Levi: et turgentibus gemmis eruperant flores, qui, foliis dilatatis, in amygdalas deformati sunt.

9 And Moses brought out all the staves from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel, and they looked and took each one his staff.

Protulit ergo Moyses omnes virgas de conspectu Domini ad cunctos filios Israël: videruntque, et receperunt singuli virgas suas.

10 And Jehovah said to Moses, Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony, to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion, that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me, that they may 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 And Moses did so: as Jehovah had commanded him, so did he.

Fecitque Moyses sicut præceperat Dominus.

12 And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.

Dixerunt autem filii Israël ad Moysen: Ecce consumpti sumus, omnes perivimus.

13 Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?

Quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini, moritur. Num usque ad internecionem cuncti delendi sumus?