1 Og Herren sa til Moses,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 Si til Israels barn at de skal gi deg staver, én for hver familie, for hver høvding, lederen for hans fars hus, tolv staver; la hver manns navn være på hans stav.

Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods, one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father's house, making twelve rods; let every man's name be placed on his rod.

3 Og la Arons navn være på Levis stav, for det skal være én stav for lederen av hver familie.

And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.

4 Og la dem oppbevares i åpenbaringsteltet, foran vitnesbyrdets ark der jeg møter deg.

And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.

5 Og den mannens stav som jeg velger ut til meg selv vil blomstre; slik skal jeg sette en stopper for klagene som Israels barn retter mot deg.

And the rod of that man who is marked out by me for myself will have buds on it; so I will put a stop to the outcries which the children of Israel make to me against you.

6 Så Moses ga disse instruksjonene til Israels barn, og alle deres høvdinger ga ham staver, én for lederen av hver familie, tolv staver: Arons stav var blant dem.

So Moses gave these orders to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him rods, one for the head of every family, making twelve rods: and Aaron's rod was among them.

7 Og Moses la stavene foran Herren i vitnesbyrdets telt.

And Moses put the rods before the Lord in the Tent of witness.

8 Dagen etter gikk Moses inn i vitnesbyrdets telt, og han så at Arons stav, Levis stamme, hadde sprunget ut knopper, og var dekket med knopper, blomster og frukt.

Now on the day after, Moses went into the Tent of witness; and he saw that Aaron's rod, the rod of the house of Levi, had put out buds, and was covered with buds and flowers and fruit.

9 Så tok Moses alle stavene frem fra Herrens nærvær og ga dem tilbake til Israels barn, og de så dem, og hver mann tok sin stav.

Then Moses took out all the rods from before the Lord, and gave them back to the children of Israel: and they saw them, and every man took his rod.

10 Og Herren sa til Moses: Sett Arons stav tilbake foran vitnesbyrdets ark for å bevares som et tegn mot dette opprørske folk, så du kan sette en stopper for deres klager mot meg, og døden ikke skal ramme dem.

And the Lord said to Moses, Put Aaron's rod back in front of the ark of witness, to be kept for a sign against this false-hearted people, so that you may put a stop to their outcries against me, and death may not overtake them.

11 Dette gjorde Moses: som Herren hadde befalt, slik gjorde han.

This Moses did: as the Lord gave orders, so he did.

12 Og Israels barn sa til Moses: Sannelig har ødeleggelse kommet over oss; en ond skjebne har rammet oss alle.

And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.

13 Døden vil ramme alle som nærmer seg, som kommer nær Herrens hus: skal vi alle komme til ødeleggelse?

Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?