17:1 Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens :

17:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17:2 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.

17:2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one 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.

17:3 Nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi, et una virga cunctas seorsum familias continebit :

17:3 And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:

17:4 ponesque eas in tabernaculo fœderis coram testimonio, ubi loquar ad te.

17:4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.

17:5 Quem ex his elegero, germinabit virga ejus : et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israël, quibus contra vos murmurant.

17:5 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.

17:6 Locutusque est Moyses ad filios Israël : et dederunt ei omnes principes virgas per singulas tribus : fueruntque virgæ duodecim absque virga Aaron.

17:6 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.

17:7 Quas cum posuisset Moyses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii,

17:7 And when Moses had Laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:

17:8 sequenti die regressus invenit germinasse virgam Aaron in domo Levi : et turgentibus gemmis eruperant flores, qui, foliis dilatatis, in amygdalas deformati sunt.

17:8 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 hid bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds.

17:9 Protulit ergo Moyses omnes virgas de conspectu Domini ad cunctos filios Israël : videruntque, et receperunt singuli virgas suas.

17:9 Moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Israel: and they saw, and every one received their rods.

17:10 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.

17:10 And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that 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.

17:11 Fecitque Moyses sicut præceperat Dominus.

17:11 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.

17:12 Dixerunt autem filii Israël ad Moysen : Ecce consumpti sumus, omnes perivimus.

17:12 And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.

17:13 Quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini, moritur. Num usque ad internecionem cuncti delendi sumus ?

17:13 Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed?