Numbers 17

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1 The LORD said to Moses,	1 Και ελαλησε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην λεγων,
2 "Tell Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, to remove the censers from the embers; and scatter the fire some distance away,	2 Λαλησον προς τους υιους Ισραηλ, και λαβε παρ' εκαστου αυτων ραβδον κατα τον οικον των πατερων αυτων, παρα παντων των αρχοντων αυτων κατα τον οικον των πατερων αυτων, δωδεκα ραβδους? εκαστου το ονομα επιγραψον επι της ραβδου αυτου?
3 for these sinners have consecrated the censers at the cost of their lives. Have them hammered into plates to cover the altar, because in being presented before the LORD they have become sacred. In this way they shall serve as a sign to the Israelites."	3 και το ονομα του Ααρων επιγραψον επι της ραβδου του Λευι, επειδη μια ραβδος θελει εισθαι δι' εκαστον αρχηγον του οικου των πατερων αυτων?
4 So Eleazar the priest had the bronze censers of those burned during the offering hammered into a covering for the altar,	4 και θελεις αποθεσει αυτας εν τη σκηνη του μαρτυριου εμπροσθεν του μαρτυριου, οπου θελω ευρισκεσθαι μεθ' υμων?
5 in keeping with the orders which the LORD had given him through Moses. This cover was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no layman, no one who was not a descendant of Aaron, should approach the altar to offer incense before the LORD, lest he meet the fate of Korah and his band.	5 και η ραβδος του ανθρωπου, οντινα εκλεξω, θελει βλαστησει και θελω καμει να παυσωσιν απ' εμπροσθεν μου οι γογγυσμοι των υιων Ισραηλ, τους οποιους αυτοι γογγυζουσιν εναντιον σας.
6 The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, "It is you who have slain the LORD'S people."	6 Και ελαλησεν ο Μωυσης προς τους υιους Ισραηλ? και εδωκαν εις αυτον παντες οι αρχοντες αυτων ανα μιαν ραβδον εκαστος αρχων κατα τους οικους των πατερων αυτων, δωδεκα ραβδους? και ραβδος του Ααρων ητο μεταξυ των ραβδων αυτων.
7 But while the community was deliberating against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the meeting tent, and the cloud now covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.	7 Και απεθηκεν ο Μωυσης τας ραβδους ενωπιον του Κυριου εν τη σκηνη του μαρτυριου.
8 Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the meeting tent,	8 Και την επαυριον εισηλθεν ο Μωυσης εις την σκηνην του μαρτυριου? και ιδου, η ραβδος του Ααρων δια τον οικον του Λευι εβλαστησε και ανεφυησε βλαστον και εξηνθησεν ανθη και εδωκεν αμυγδαλα.
9 and the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,	9 Και εφερεν εξω ο Μωυσης πασας τας ραβδους απ' εμπροσθεν του Κυριου προς παντας τους υιους Ισραηλ? και αυτοι ειδον και ελαβον εκαστος την ραβδον αυτου.
10 "Depart from this community, that I may consume them at once." But they fell prostrate.	10 Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Αποθες την ραβδον του Ααρων εμπροσθεν του μαρτυριου, δια να φυλαττηται εις σημειον εις τους υιους της αποστασιας? και θελεις καταπαυσει απ' εμου τους γογγυσμους αυτων, δια να μη αποθανωσι.
11 Then Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, and bring it quickly to the community to make atonement for them; for wrath has come forth from the LORD and the blow is falling."	11 Και εκαμεν ο Μωυσης καθως προσεταξεν εις αυτον ο Κυριος? ουτως εκαμε.
12 Obeying the orders of Moses, Aaron took his censer and ran in among the community, where the blow was already falling on the people. Then, as he offered the incense and made atonement for the people,	12 Και ειπον οι υιοι Ισραηλ προς τον Μωυσην λεγοντες, Ιδου, ημεις αποθνησκομεν, αφανιζομεθα, παντες αφανιζομεθα?
13 standing there between the living and the dead, the scourge was checked.	13 πας ο πλησιαζων, ο πλησιαζων εις την σκηνην του Κυριου, αποθνησκει παντες θελομεν εκλειψει αποθνησκοντες;
14 Yet fourteen thousand seven hundred died from the scourge, in addition to those who died because of Korah.
15 When the scourge had been checked, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the meeting tent.
16 The LORD now said to Moses,
17 "Speak to the Israelites and get one staff from them for each ancestral house, twelve staffs in all, one from each of their tribal princes. Mark each man's name on his staff;
18 and mark Aaron's name on Levi's staff, for the head of Levi's ancestral house shall also have a staff.
19 Then lay them down in the meeting tent, in front of the commandments, where I meet you.
20 There the staff of the man of my choice shall sprout. Thus will I suppress from my presence the Israelites' grumbling against you."
21 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their princes gave him staffs, twelve in all, one from each tribal prince; and Aaron's staff was with them.
22 Then Moses laid the staffs down before the LORD in the tent of the commandments.
23 The next day, when Moses entered the tent, Aaron's staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth not only shoots, but blossoms as well, and even bore ripe almonds!
24 Moses thereupon brought out all the staffs from the LORD'S presence to the Israelites. After each prince identified his own staff and took it,
25 the LORD said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's staff in front of the commandments, to be kept there as a warning to the rebellious, so that their grumbling may cease before me; if it does not, they will die."
26 And Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
27 Then the Israelites cried out to Moses, "We are perishing; we are lost, we are all lost!
28 Every time anyone approaches the Dwelling of the LORD, he dies! Are we to perish to the last man?"