Liber Numeri 17
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2Loquere ad filios Israël, et accipe ab eis virgas singulas per cognationes suas, a cunctis principibus tribuum, virgas duodecim, et uniuscujusque nomen superscribes virgæ suæ.
2“Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod.
3Nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi, et una virga cunctas seorsum familias continebit:
3You shall write Aaron’s name on Levi’s rod. There shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.
4ponesque eas in tabernaculo fœderis coram testimonio, ubi loquar ad te.
4You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
5Quem ex his elegero, germinabit virga ejus: et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israël, quibus contra vos murmurant.
5It shall happen that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. I will make the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you, cease from me.”
6Locutusque est Moyses ad filios Israël: et dederunt ei omnes principes virgas per singulas tribus: fueruntque virgæ duodecim absque virga Aaron.
6Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, a total of twelve rods. Aaron’s rod was among their rods.
7Quas cum posuisset Moyses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii,
7Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
8sequenti die regressus invenit germinasse virgam Aaron in domo Levi: et turgentibus gemmis eruperant flores, qui, foliis dilatatis, in amygdalas deformati sunt.
8On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
9Protulit ergo Moyses omnes virgas de conspectu Domini ad cunctos filios Israël: videruntque, et receperunt singuli virgas suas.
9Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel. They looked, and each man took his rod.
10Dixitque 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.
10The LORD said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the covenant, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their complaining against me, that they not die.”
11Fecitque Moyses sicut præceperat Dominus.
11Moses did so. As the LORD commanded him, so he did.
12Dixerunt autem filii Israël ad Moysen: Ecce consumpti sumus, omnes perivimus.
12The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
13Quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini, moritur. Num usque ad internecionem cuncti delendi sumus?
13Everyone who keeps approaching the LORD’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”
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