Liber Numeri 17
1 Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Loquere ad filios Israel, et accipe ab eis virgas singulas per cognationes suas, a cunctis principibus tribuum, virgas duodecim, et uniuscuiusque nomen superscribes virgæ suæ.
Speak unto 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 thou every man’s name upon his rod.
3 Nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi, et una virga cunctas seorsum familias continebit:
And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.
4 ponesque eas in tabernaculo fœderis coram testimonio, ubi loquar ad te.
And thou shalt 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 Israel, quibus contra vos murmurant.
And it shall come to pass, 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 Moyses ad filios Israel: et dederunt ei omnes principes virgas per singulas tribus: fueruntque virgæ duodecim absque virga Aaron.
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7 Quas cum posuisset Moyses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii:
And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah 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 amygdalas deformati sunt.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds.
9 Protulit ergo Moyses omnes virgas de conspectu Domini ad cunctos filios Israel: videruntque et receperunt singuli virgas suas.
And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
10 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Refer virgam Aaron in tabernaculum testimonii, ut servetur ibi in signum rebellium filiorum Israel, et quiescant querelæ eorum a me, ne moriantur.
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not.
11 Fecitque Moyses sicut præceperat Dominus.
Thus did Moses: as Jehovah commanded him, so did he.
12 Dixerunt autem filii Israel ad Moysen: Ecce consumpti sumus, omnes perivimus.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
13 Quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini, moritur. Num usque ad internecionem cuncti delendi sumus?
Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?
