17:1 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

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

17:2 praecipe Eleazaro filio Aaron sacerdotis ut tollat turibula quae iacent in incendio et ignem huc illucque dispergat quoniam sanctificata sunt

17:2 Command Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers that lie in the burning, and to scatter the fire of one side and the other: because they are sanctified

17:3 in mortibus peccatorum producatque ea in lamminas et adfigat altari eo quod oblatum sit in eis incensum Domino et sanctificata sint ut cernant ea pro signo et monumento filii Israhel

17:3 In the deaths of the sinners: and let him beat them into plates, and fasten them to the altar, because incense hath been offered in them to the Lord, and they are sanctified, that the children of Israel may see them for a sign and a memorial.

17:4 tulit ergo Eleazar sacerdos turibula aenea in quibus obtulerant hii quos incendium devoravit et produxit ea in lamminas adfigens altari

17:4 Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherein they had offered, whom the burning fire had devoured, and beat them into plates, fastening them to the altar:

17:5 ut haberent postea filii Israhel quibus commonerentur ne quis accedat alienigena et qui non est de semine Aaron ad offerendum incensum Domino ne patiatur sicut passus est Core et omnis congregatio eius loquente Domino ad Mosen

17:5 That the children of Israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished, that no stranger or any one that is not of the seed of Aaron should come near to offer incense to the Lord, lest he should suffer as Core suffered, and all his congregation, according as the Lord spoke to Moses.

17:6 murmuravit autem omnis multitudo filiorum Israhel sequenti die contra Mosen et Aaron dicens vos interfecistis populum Domini

17:6 The following day all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying: You have killed the people of the Lord.

17:7 cumque oreretur seditio et tumultus incresceret

17:7 And when there arose a sedition, and the tumult increased,

17:8 Moses et Aaron fugerunt ad tabernaculum foederis quod postquam ingressi sunt operuit nubes et apparuit gloria Domini

17:8 Moses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when they were gone into it, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

17:9 dixitque Dominus ad Mosen

17:9 And the Lord said to Moses:

17:10 recedite de medio huius multitudinis etiam nunc delebo eos cumque iacerent in terra

17:10 Get you out from the midst of this multitude, this moment will I destroy them. And as they were lying on the ground,

17:11 dixit Moses ad Aaron tolle turibulum et hausto igne de altari mitte incensum desuper pergens cito ad populum ut roges pro eis iam enim egressa est ira a Domino et plaga desaevit

17:11 Moses said to Aaron: Take the censer, and putting fire in it from the altar, put incense upon it, and go quickly to the people to pray for them: for already wrath is gone out from the Lord, and the plague rageth.

17:12 quod cum fecisset Aaron et cucurrisset ad mediam multitudinem quam iam vastabat incendium obtulit thymiama

17:12 When Aaron had done this, and had run to the midst of the multitude which the burning fire was now destroying, he offered the incense:

17:13 et stans inter mortuos ac viventes pro populo deprecatus est et plaga cessavit

17:13 And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceased.

17:14 fuerunt autem qui percussi sunt quattuordecim milia hominum et septingenti absque his qui perierant in seditione Core

17:14 And the number of them that were slain was fourteen thousand and seven hundred men, besides them that had perished in the sedition of Core.

17:15 reversusque est Aaron ad Mosen ad ostium tabernaculi foederis postquam quievit interitus

17:15 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant after the destruction was over.

17:16 et locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

17:16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17:17 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

17:17 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.

17:18 nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi et una virga cunctas eorum familias continebit

17:18 And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:

17:19 ponesque eas in tabernaculo foederis coram testimonio ubi loquar ad te

17:19 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.

17:20 quem ex his elegero germinabit virga eius et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israhel quibus contra vos murmurant

17:20 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.

17:21 locutusque est Moses ad filios Israhel et dederunt ei omnes principes virgas per singulas tribus fueruntque virgae duodecim absque virga Aaron

17:21 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.

17:22 quas cum posuisset Moses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii

17:22 And when Moses had Laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:

17:23 sequenti die regressus invenit germinasse virgam Aaron in domo Levi et turgentibus gemmis eruperant flores qui foliis dilatatis in amigdalas deformati sunt

17:23 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.

17:24 protulit ergo Moses omnes virgas de conspectu Domini ad cunctos filios Israhel videruntque et receperunt singuli virgas suas

17:24 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.

17:25 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

17:25 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.

17:26 fecitque Moses sicut praeceperat Dominus

17:26 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.

17:27 dixerunt autem filii Israhel ad Mosen ecce consumpti sumus omnes perivimus

17:27 And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.

17:28 quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini moritur num usque ad internicionem cuncti delendi sumus

17:28 Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed?