Liber Numeri 17

1 et locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

And 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 every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write you every man’s name on his rod.

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

And you shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

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

And you shall lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

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

And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby 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

And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, 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 Moses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii

And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.

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

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

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

And 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

And the LORD said to Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and you shall quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

11 fecitque Moses sicut praeceperat Dominus

And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.

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

And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

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

Whoever comes any thing near to the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?