Numbers 17

Ἀριθμοί

1 ΚΑΙ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν

And the Lord said to Moses, (verse 36 in Brenton's English)

2 καὶ πρὸς Ἐλεάζαρ τὸν υἱὸν Ἀαρὼν τὸν ἱερέα· ἀνέλεσθε τὰ πυρεῖα τὰ χαλκᾶ ἐκ μέσου τῶν κατακεκαυμένων καὶ τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἀλλότριον τοῦτο σπεῖρον ἐκεῖ,

and 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 (verse 37 in Brenton's English)

3 ὅτι ἡγίασαν τὰ πυρεῖα τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν τούτων ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν· καὶ ποίησον αὐτὰ λεπίδας ἐλατὰς περίθεμα τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ, ὅτι προσηνέχθησαν ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ ἡγιάσθησαν καὶ ἐγένοντο εἰς σημεῖον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ.

of these sinners against their own souls, and do you 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. (verse 38 in Brenton's English)

4 καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἐλεάζαρ υἱὸς Ἀαρὼν τοῦ ἱερέως τὰ πυρεῖα τὰ χαλκᾶ, ὅσα προσήνεγκαν οἱ κατακεκαυμένοι, καὶ προσέθηκαν αὐτὰ περίθεμα τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ,

And 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: (verse 39 in Brenton's English)

5 μνημόσυνον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, ὅπως ἂν μὴ προσέλθῃ μηδεὶς ἀλλογενής, ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Ἀαρών, ἐπιθεῖναι θυμίαμα ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὥσπερ Κορὲ καὶ ἡ ἐπισύστασις αὐτοῦ, καθὰ ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ Μωυσῆ αὐτῷ.

a memorial to the children of Israel that no stranger might draw near, 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. (verse 40 in Brenton's English)

6 Καὶ ἐγόγγυσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τῇ ἐπαύριον ἐπὶ Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν λέγοντες· ὑμεῖς ἀπεκτάγκατε τὸν λαὸν Κυρίου.

And the children of Israel murmured the next day against Moses and Aaron, saying, You⌃ have killed the people of the Lord. (verse 41 in Brenton's English)

7 καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐπισυστρέφεσθαι τὴν συναγωγὴν ἐπὶ Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ ὥρμησαν ἐπὶ τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ τήνδε ἐκάλυψεν αὐτὴν ἡ νεφέλη καὶ ὤφθη ἡ δόξα Κυρίου.

And it came to pass when the congregation combined against Moses and Aaron, that they ran impetuously to the tabernacle of witness; and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. (verse 42 in Brenton's English)

8 καὶ εἰσῆλθε Μωυσῆς καὶ Ἀαρὼν κατὰ πρόσωπον τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου.

And Moses and Aaron went in, in front of the tabernacle of witness. (verse 43 in Brenton's English)

9 καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν λέγων·

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, (verse 44 in Brenton's English)

10 ἐκχωρήσατε ἐκ μέσου τῆς συναγωγῆς ταύτης, καὶ ἐξαναλώσω αὐτοὺς εἰσάπαξ. καὶ ἔπεσον ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν.

Depart out of the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once: and they fell upon their faces. (verse 45 in Brenton's English)

11 καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς πρὸς Ἀαρών· λάβε τὸ πυρεῖον καὶ ἐπίθες ἐπ' αὐτὸ πῦρ ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ ἐπίβαλε ἐπ' αὐτὸ θυμίαμα καὶ ἀπένεγκε τὸ τάχος εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν καὶ ἐξίλασαι περὶ αὐτῶν· ἐξῆλθε γὰρ ὀργὴ ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου, ἦρκται θραύειν τὸν λαόν.

And 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. (verse 46 in Brenton's English)

12 καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἀαρών, καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ Μωυσῆς, καὶ ἔδραμεν εἰς τὴν συναγωγήν· καὶ ἤδη ἐνῆρκτο ἡ θραῦσις ἐν τῷ λαῷ· καὶ ἐπέβαλε τὸ θυμίαμα καὶ ἐξιλάσατο περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ

And Aaron took as Moses spoke to him, and ran amongst the congregation, for already the plague had begun amongst the people; and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. (verse 47 in Brenton's English)

13 καὶ ἔστη ἀναμέσον τῶν τεθνηκότων καὶ τῶν ζώντων, καὶ ἐκόπασεν ἡ θραῦσις.

And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased. (verse 48 in Brenton's English)

14 καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ τεθνηκότες ἐν τῇ θραύσει τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα χιλιάδες καὶ ἑπτακόσιοι, χωρὶς τῶν τεθνηκότων ἕνεκεν Κορέ.

And they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died on account of Core. (verse 49 in Brenton's English)

15 καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν Ἀαρών πρὸς Μωυσῆν ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ ἐκόπασεν ἡ θραῦσις.

And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the plague ceased. (verse 50 in Brenton's English)

16 Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων·

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, (verse 1 in Brenton's English)

17 λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ λάβε παρ' αὐτῶν ράβδον ράβδον κατ' οἴκους πατριῶν παρὰ πάντων τῶν ἀρχόντων αὐτῶν, κατ' οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν, δώδεκα ράβδους, καὶ ἑκάστου τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπίγραψον ἐπὶ τῆς ράβδου.

Speak 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. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

18 καὶ τὸ ὄνομα Ἀαρὼν ἐπίγραψον ἐπὶ τῆς ράβδου Λευί· ἔστι γὰρ ράβδος μία, κατὰ φυλὴν οἴκου πατριῶν αὐτῶν δώσουσι.

And 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. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

19 καὶ θήσεις αὐτὰς ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου, κατέναντι τοῦ μαρτυρίου, ἐν οἷς γνωσθήσομαί σοι ἐκεῖ.

And you shall put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to you. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

20 καὶ ἔσται ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὃν ἂν ἐκλέξωμαι αὐτόν, ἡ ράβδος αὐτοῦ ἐκβλαστήσει· καὶ περιελῶ ἀπ' ἐμοῦ τὸν γογγυσμὸν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, ἃ αὐτοὶ γογγύζουσιν ἐφ' ὑμῖν.

And it shall be, the man whom 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. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

21 καὶ ἐλάλησε Μωυσῆς τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτῷ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῶν ράβδον, τῷ ἄρχοντι τῷ ἑνὶ ράβδον κατ' ἄρχοντα, κατ' οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν, δώδεκα ράβδους, καὶ ἡ ράβδος Ἀαρὼν ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ράβδων αὐτῶν.

And 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. (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

22 καὶ ἀπέθηκε Μωυσῆς τὰς ράβδους ἔναντι Κυρίου ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου.

And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

23 καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἐπαύριον καὶ εἰσῆλθε Μωυσῆς καὶ Ἀαρὼν ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐβλάστησεν ἡ ράβδος Ἀαρὼν εἰς οἶκον Λευὶ καὶ ἐξήνεγκε βλαστὸν καὶ ἐξήνθησεν ἄνθη καὶ ἐβλάστησε κάρυα.

And it came to pass on 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 blossoms and produced almonds. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

24 καὶ ἐξήνεγκε Μωυσῆς πάσας τὰς ράβδους ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου πρὸς πάντας υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ, καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἔλαβον ἕκαστος τὴν ράβδον αὐτοῦ.

And 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. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

25 καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· ἀπόθες τὴν ράβδον Ἀαρὼν ἐνώπιον τῶν μαρτυρίων εἰς διατήρησιν, σημεῖον τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνηκόων, καὶ παυσάσθω ὁ γογγυσμὸς αὐτῶν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνωσι.

And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaron before 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. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

26 καὶ ἐποίησε Μωυσῆς καὶ Ἀαρών, καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ, οὕτως ἐποίησαν.

And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)

27 καὶ εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ ἐξανηλώμεθα, ἀπολώλαμεν, παρανηλώμεθα·

And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed. (verse 12 in Brenton's English)

28 πᾶς ὁ ἁπτόμενος τῆς σκηνῆς Κυρίου ἀποθνήσκει· ἕως εἰς τέλος ἀποθάνωμεν;

Every one that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly? (verse 13 in Brenton's English)

Greek: the Septuagint as the Orthodox Media Network published it (Mount Athos); 2 Maccabees and the Prayer of Manasseh from Brenton's edition (1851). English: Brenton's translation (1851), its spelling updated by Michael Paul Johnson; public domain. About these texts.