民17:1 耶和华对摩西说：（本节在《马索拉抄本》为17:16）
民17:1 And the Lord said to Moses,
民17:2 “你要吩咐以色列人，要从他们手中取杖，按着父家每支派一根，从他们所有的领袖，按着他们的父家，共取十二根杖，你要把各人的名字写在各人的杖上；
民17:2 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.
民17:3 又要把亚伦的名字写在利未的杖上，因为照着他们父家各族长必有一根杖。
民17:3 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.
民17:4 你要把这些杖放在会幕里约柜前，就是我和你们相会的地方。
民17:4 And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.
民17:5 我拣选的那人，他的杖必发芽；这样，我就必使以色列人向你们所发的怨言止息，不再达到我耳中。”
民17:5 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.
民17:6 于是摩西吩咐以色列人，他们所有的领袖都把杖交给他，按着他们的父家，每个领袖一根杖，共有十二根杖；亚伦的杖也在其中。
民17:6 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.
民17:7 摩西就把杖放在约柜的会幕里，在耶和华面前。
民17:7 And Moses put the rods before the Lord in the Tent of witness.
民17:8 第二天，摩西进约柜的会幕去，不料，利未家亚伦的杖已经发了芽，生了花苞，开了花，结了熟杏。
民17:8 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.
民17:9 摩西就把所有的杖，从耶和华面前带出来，给以色列众人看；他们看见了，各人就把自己的杖拿了去。
民17:9 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.
民17:10 耶和华对摩西说：“把亚伦的杖放回约柜前，给那些背叛的人留作证据，这样你就使他们向我发的怨言止息，免得他们死亡。”
民17:10 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.
民17:11 摩西就这样行了，耶和华怎样吩咐他，他就怎样行了。
民17:11 This Moses did: as the Lord gave orders, so he did.
民17:12 以色列人对摩西说：“我们要死了，我们灭亡了，我们都灭亡了。
民17:12 And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.
民17:13 走近耶和华帐幕的，都必定死；难道我们都要死吗？”
民17:13 Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?