¹A Hospodin hovoril Mojžišovi a riekol:

¹And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

²Hovor synom Izraelovým a vezmi od nich po jednej palici na každý dom otca, od všetkých ich kniežat, podľa domu ich otcov, dvanásť palíc. Každého meno napíšeš na jeho palicu.

²Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

³A meno Áronovo napíšeš na palicu Léviho, lebo vše jedna palica bude za hlavu domu ich otcov.

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

⁴Složíš ich v stáne shromaždenia pred svedoctvom, kam prichádzavam k vám.

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

⁵A stane sa, že toho muža, ktorého si vyvolím, toho palica zakvitne, a tak upokojím a shodím so seba reptania synov Izraelových, ktorými repcú proti vám.

⁵And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.

⁶Tak hovoril Mojžiš synom Izraelovým, a dali k nemu všetky ich kniežatá svoje palice, vše za jedno knieža jedna palica, podľa domu svojich otcov, dvanásť palíc, a palica Áronova bola medzi ich palicami.

⁶And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

⁷A Mojžiš složil palice pred Hospodinom v stáne svedoctva.

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

⁸A stalo sa na druhý deň, že Mojžiš vošiel do stánu svedoctva, a hľa, palica Áronova vzpučala, za dom Léviho, a vydajúc puky zakvitla a vydala zrelé mandle.

⁸And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds.

⁹A Mojžiš vyniesol všetky palice zpred Hospodina ku všetkým synom Izraelovým. A videli a vzali každý svoju palicu.

⁹And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.

¹⁰Potom riekol Hospodin Mojžišovi: Vráť palicu Áronovu pred svedoctvo, aby sa opatrovala na znamenie pre synov vzbúry, a učiníš koniec ich reptaniu proti mne, aby nepomreli.

¹⁰And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not.

¹¹A Mojžiš učinil tak, ako mu prikázal Hospodin, tak učinil.

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

¹²A synovia Izraelovi vraveli Mojžišovi: Hľa, mrieme, hynieme, všetci hynieme.

¹²And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

¹³Každý, kto sa priblíži, kto sa priblíži príbytku Hospodinovmu, zomrie. Či len všetci, až do posledného pomrieme?

¹³Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?