1وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى،2كَلِّمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَخُذْ مِنْهُمْ عَصاً عَصاً لِكُلِّ بَيْتِ أَبٍ مِنْ جَمِيعِ رُؤَسَائِهِمْ حَسَبَ بُيُوتِ آبَائِهِمِ. اثْنَتَيْ عَشَرَةَ عَصاً. وَاسْمُ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ تَكْتُبُهُ عَلَى عَصَاهُ.3وَاسْمُ هَارُونَ تَكْتُبُهُ عَلَى عَصَا لاَوِي، لأَنَّ لِرَأْسِ بَيْتِ آبَائِهِمْ عَصاً وَاحِدَةً.4وَضَعْهَا فِي خَيْمَةِ الاِجْتِمَاعِ أَمَامَ الشَّهَادَةِ حَيْثُ أَجْتَمِعُ بِكُمْ.5فَالرَّجُلُ الَّذِي أَخْتَارُهُ تُفْرِخُ عَصَاهُ، فَأُسَكِّنُ عَنِّي تَذَمُّرَاتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّتِي يَتَذَمَّرُونَهَا عَلَيْكُمَا.6فَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَعْطَاهُ جَمِيعُ رُؤَسَائِهِمْ عَصاً عَصاً لِكُلِّ رَئِيسٍ حَسَبَ بُيُوتِ آبَائِهِمِ. اثْنَتَيْ عَشَرَةَ عَصاً. وَعَصَا هَارُونَ بَيْنَ عِصِيِّهِمْ.7فَوَضَعَ مُوسَى الْعِصِيَّ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي خَيْمَةِ الشَّهَادَةِ.8وَفِي الْغَدِ دَخَلَ مُوسَى إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الشَّهَادَةِ، وَإِذَا عَصَا هَارُونَ لِبَيْتِ لاَوِي قَدْ أَفْرَخَتْ. أَخْرَجَتْ فُرُوخاً وَأَزْهَرَتْ زَهْراً وَأَنْضَجَتْ لَوْزاً.9فَأَخْرَجَ مُوسَى جَمِيعَ الْعِصِيِّ مِنْ أَمَامِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَنَظَرُوا وَأَخَذَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَصَاهُ.10وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى، رُدَّ عَصَا هَارُونَ إِلَى أَمَامِ الشَّهَادَةِ لأَجْلِ الْحِفْظِ، عَلاَمَةً لِبَنِي التَّمَرُّدِ، فَتَكُفَّ تَذَمُّرَاتُهُمْ عَنِّي لِكَيْ لاَ يَمُوتُوا.11فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى كَمَا أَمَرَهُ الرَّبُّ. كَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ.12فَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُوسَى، إِنَّنَا فَنِينَا وَهَلَكْنَا. قَدْ هَلَكْنَا جَمِيعاً.13كُلُّ مَنِ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَى مَسْكَنِ الرَّبِّ يَمُوتُ. أَمَا فَنِينَا تَمَاماً..
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.3And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.5And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.6And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.7And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.8And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.9And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.10And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.11And Moses did so : as the LORD commanded him, so did he.12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.13Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?