¹A Hospodin hovoril Mojžišovi a riekol:

¹And Jehovah spoke to 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 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.

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

³And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be 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 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.

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 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.

⁷A Mojžiš složil palice pred Hospodinom v stáne svedoctva.

⁷And Moses laid the staves 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, 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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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