Numbers

亚伦的杖

1耶和华对摩西说：

2「你晓谕以色列人，从他们手下取杖，每支派一根；从他们所有的首领，按着支派，共取十二根。你要将各人的名字写在各人的杖上，

3并要将亚伦的名字写在利未的杖上，因为各族长必有一根杖。

4你要把这些杖存在会幕内法柜前，就是我与你们相会之处。

5后来我所拣选的那人，他的杖必发芽。这样，我必使以色列人向你们所发的怨言止息，不再达到我耳中。」

6于是摩西晓谕以色列人，他们的首领就把杖交给他，按着支派，每首领一根，共有十二根；亚伦的杖也在其中。

7摩西就把杖存在法柜的帐幕内，在耶和华面前。

8第二天，摩西进法柜的帐幕去。谁知利未族亚伦的杖已经发了芽，生了花苞，开了花，结了熟杏。

9摩西就把所有的杖从耶和华面前拿出来，给以色列众人看；他们看见了，各首领就把自己的杖拿去。

10耶和华吩咐摩西说：「把亚伦的杖还放在法柜前，给这些背叛之子留作记号。这样，你就使他们向我发的怨言止息，免得他们死亡。」

11摩西就这样行。耶和华怎样吩咐他，他就怎样行了。

12以色列人对摩西说：「我们死啦！我们灭亡啦！都灭亡啦！

13凡挨近耶和华帐幕的是必死的。我们都要死亡吗？」

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon his rod.

3And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:

4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.

5Whomsoever of these I shall choose, his rod shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, wherewith they murmur against you.

6And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and all the princes gave him rods one for every tribe: and there were twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron.

7And when Moses had laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:

8He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded: and that the buds swelling it had bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds.

9Moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Israel: and they saw, and every one received their rods.

10And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.

11And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.

12And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.

13Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed?