1 And our Lord spake to Moyses, saying:
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take a rod of every one of their kindreds, of all the Princes of their tribes, twelve rods, and the name of every one thou shalt write upon his rod.
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take of everyone of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon his rod.
3 And the name of Aaron shall be in the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:
3 And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:
4 and thou shalt lay them in the tabernacle of covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.
4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.
5 Whomsoever of these I shall choose, his rod shall blossom: and I shall stay from me the grudgings of the children of Israel, wherewith they murmur against you.
5 Whomsoever of these I shall choose, his rod shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, wherewith they murmur against you.
6 And Moyses spake to the children of Israel: and all the Princes gave him rods by every tribe: and they were twelve rods besides Aaron's rod.
6 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and all the princes gave him rods one for every tribe: and there were twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron.
7 Which when Moyses had laid before our Lord in the tabernacle of testimony:
7 And when Moses had laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:
8 returning the day following he found that Aaron's rod in the house of Levi was budded: and the buds thereof swelling, the blossoms were shot forth, which spreading the leaves; were fashioned into almonds.
8 He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded: and that the buds swelling it had bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds.
9 Moyses therefore brought forth all the rods from the sight of our Lord to all the children of Israel, and they saw and every one received their rods.
9 Moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Israel: and they saw, and everyone received their rods.
10 And our Lord said to Moyses: Carry back Aaron's rod into the tabernacle of testimony, that it may be kept there for a sign of the rebellious children of Israel, and let their complaints cease from me, lest they die.
10 And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, ¹that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.
11 And Moyses did as our Lord had commanded.
11 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.
12 And the children of Israel said to Moyses: Behold we are consumed, we are all perished.
12 And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.
13 Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of our Lord, he dieth. Are we all to be destroyed unto utter consumption?
13 Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed?