¹وكلم الرب موسى قائلا

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

²كلم بني اسرائيل وخذ منهم عصا عصا لكل بيت اب من جميع رؤسائهم حسب بيوت آبائهم اثنتي عشرة عصا. واسم كل واحد تكتبه على عصاه

²Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff.

³واسم هرون تكتبه على عصا لاوي. لان لراس بيت آبائهم عصا واحدة.

³And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for [each] head of their fathers' houses.

⁴وضعها في خيمة الاجتماع امام الشهادة حيث اجتمع بكم.

⁴And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

⁵فالرجل الذي اختاره تفرخ عصاه فاسكن عني تذمرات بني اسرائيل التي يتذمرونها عليكما

⁵And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his staff shall bud forth; and I will make to cease from before me the murmurings of the children of Israel, that they murmur against you.

⁶فكلم موسى بني اسرائيل فاعطاه جميع رؤسائهم عصا عصا لكل رئيس حسب بيوت آبائهم اثنتي عشرة عصا. وعصا هرون بين عصيّهم.

⁶And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their princes gave him a staff, one staff for each prince according to their fathers' houses, twelve staves, and the staff of Aaron was among their staves.

⁷فوضع موسى العصيّ امام الرب في خيمة الشهادة.

⁷And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.

⁸وفي الغد دخل موسى الى خيمة الشهادة واذا عصا هرون لبيت لاوي قد افرخت. اخرجت فروخا وازهرت زهرا وانضجت لوزا.

⁸And it came to pass, when on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony, behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and ripened almonds.

⁹فاخرج موسى جميع العصي من امام الرب الى جميع بني اسرائيل فنظروا واخذ كل واحد عصاه.

⁹And Moses brought out all the staves from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel, and they looked and took each one his staff.

¹⁰وقال الرب لموسى ردّ عصا هرون الى امام الشهادة لاجل الحفظ علامة لبني التمرّد فتكف تذمراتهم عني لكي لا يموتوا.

¹⁰And Jehovah said to Moses, Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony, to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion, that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me, that they may not die.

¹¹ففعل موسى كما امره الرب كذلك فعل

¹¹And Moses did so: as Jehovah had commanded him, so did he.

¹²فكلم بنو اسرائيل موسى قائلين اننا فنينا وهلكنا. قد هلكنا جميعا.

¹²And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.

¹³كل من اقترب الى مسكن الرب يموت. أما فنينا تماما

¹³Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?