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Numbers 17
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1And the Lord said to Moses,
1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, Take up the brazen censers out of the midst of the men that have been burnt, and scatter the strange fire yonder, for they have sanctified the censers
2Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
3of these sinners against their own souls, and do thou make them beaten plates a covering to the altar, because they were brought before the Lord and hallowed; and they became a sign to the children of Israel.
3The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
4And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest took the brazen censers, which the men who had been burnt brought near, and they put them as a covering on the altar:
4And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
5a memorial to the children of Israelthat no stranger might draw nigh, who is not of the seed of Aaron, to offer incense before the Lord; so he shall not be as Core and as they that conspired with him, as the Lord spoke to him by the hand of Moses.
5To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.
6And the children of Israel murmured the next day against Moses and Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
6But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
7And it came to passwhen the congregation combined against Moses and Aaron, that they ran impetuously to the tabernacle of witness; andthe cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
7And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
8And Moses and Aaron went in, in front of the tabernacle of witness.
8And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
9And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
9And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
10Depart out of the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once: and they fell upon their faces.
10Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
11And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer, and put on it fire from the altar, and put incense on it, and carry it away quickly into the camp, and make atonement for them; for wrath is gone forth from the presence of the Lord, it has begun to destroy the people.
11And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.
12And Aaron took as Moses spoke to him, and ran among the congregation, for already the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
12And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
13And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased.
13And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
14And they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died on account of Core.
14Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
15And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the plague ceased.
15And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
16And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
16And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
17Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods of them, according to the houses of their families, a rod from all their princes, according to the houses of their families, twelve rods, and write the name of each on his rod.
17Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.
18And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod [for each]: they shall give [them] according to the tribe of the house of their families.
18And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
19And thou shalt put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to thee.
19And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
20And it shall be, the manwhom I shall choose, his rod shall blossom; and I will remove from me the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
20And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
21And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him a rod [each], for one chief a rod, according to the house of their families, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron [was] in the midst of the rods.
21And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
22And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
22And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
23And it came to passon the morrow, that Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed, and put forth a bud, and bloomed blossomsand produced almonds.
23And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
24And Moses brought forth all the rods from before the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each one took his rod.
24And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
25And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaronbefore the testimonies to be kept as a sign for the children of the disobedient; and let their murmuring cease from me, and they shall not die .
25And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
26And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
26And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
27And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.
27And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
28Every one that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly?
28Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?