Liber Numeri, 17

1. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

1. The LORD said to Moses,

2. “Praecipe Eleazaro filio Aaron sacerdoti, ut tollat turibula, quae iacent in incendio, et ignem huc illucque dispergat, quoniam sanctificata sunt

2. "Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them rods, one for each fathers' house, from all their leaders according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods. Write each man's name upon his rod,

3. in mortibus peccatorum; producatque ea in laminas et affigat altari, eo quod attulerunt ea Domino, et sanctificata sunt, ut sint pro signo filiis Israel”.

3. and write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each fathers' house.

4. Tulit ergo Eleazar sacerdos turibula aenea, in quibus obtulerant hi, quos incendium devoravit, et produxit ea in laminas affigens altari,

4. Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

5. ut haberent postea filii Israel, 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 Moysen.

5. And the rod of the man whom I choose shall sprout; thus I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the people of Israel, which they murmur against you."

6. Murmuravit autem omnis congregatio filiorum Israel sequenti die contra Moysen et Aaron dicens: “Vos interfecistis populum Domini”.

6. Moses spoke to the people of Israel; and all their leaders gave him rods, one for each leader, according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

7. Cumque oriretur seditio contra Moysen et Aaron, converterunt se ad tabernaculum conventus; quod operuit nubes, et apparuit gloria Domini.

7. And Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

8. Moyses et Aaron venerunt ante tabernaculum conventus.

8. And on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.

9. Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen:

9. Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the people of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.

10. “Recedite de medio congregationis huius, nam extemplo delebo eos”. Et ceciderunt in faciem suam.

10. And the LORD said to Moses, "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, lest they die."

11. Dixit Moyses ad Aaron: “Tolle turibulum et, hausto igne de altari, mitte incensum desuper pergens cito ad populum, ut expies pro eis; iam enim egressa est ira a Domino, et plaga desaevit”.

11. Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded him, so he did.

12. Quod cum fecisset Aaron et cucurrisset ad mediam congregationem, quam iam vastabat plaga, obtulit thymiama et expiavit pro populo;

12. And the people of Israel said to Moses, "Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

13. et stetit inter mortuos ac viventes, et plaga cessavit.

13. Every one who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, shall die. Are we all to perish?"

14. Fuerunt autem, qui percussi sunt, quattuordecim milia hominum et septingenti, absque his, qui perierant in seditione Core.

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15. Reversusque est Aaron ad Moysen ad ostium tabernaculi conventus, postquam quievit interitus.

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16. Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

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17. “Loquere ad filios Israel et accipe ab eis virgas singulas per cognationes suas, a cunctis principibus tribuum virgas duodecim, et uniuscuiusque nomen superscribes virgae suae.

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18. Nomen autem Aaron scribes in virga Levi, et una virga cunctas seorsum familias continebit.

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19. Ponesque eas in tabernaculo conventus coram testimonio, ubi conveniam cum vobis.

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20. Quem ex his elegero, germinabit virga eius; et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israel, quibus contra vos murmurant”.

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21. Locutusque est Moyses ad filios Israel, et dederunt ei omnes principes virgas per singulas tribus; fueruntque virgae duodecim, et virga Aaron in medio earum.

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22. Quas cum posuisset Moyses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii,

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

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24. Protulit ergo Moyses omnes virgas de conspectu Domini ad cunctos filios Israel; videruntque et receperunt singuli virgas suas.

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25. Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: “Refer virgam Aaron coram testimonio, ut servetur ibi in signum rebellium filiorum Israel, et quiescant querelae eorum a me, ne moriantur”.

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26. Fecitque Moyses, sicut praeceperat Dominus.

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27. Dixerunt autem filii Israel ad Moysen: “Ecce consumpti sumus, perimus, omnes perimus!

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28. Quicumque accedit ad habitaculum Domini, moritur. Num usque ad internecionem cuncti delendi sumus?”.

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