The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. XVII.

2 The twelue rods of the twelue princes of the tribes of Is∣raél. 9 Aarons rod buddeth, and beareth blossoms. 10 For a testimonie against the rebellious people.

1 ANd the Lord spake vntoa Mosés, saying.

2 Speake vnto the children of Israél, and take of euerie one of them a rod, after the house of their fathers, of all their princes ac∣cording to the familie of their fathers, (euē) twelue rods: (and) thou shalte write euerie mans name vpon his rod.

3 And write Aarons name vpon the rod of Le∣ui: for euerie rod (shalbe) for the head of the house of their fathers.

4 And thou shalt put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion, before (the Arke) of the Testimonie, * where I wyll declare my selfe to you.

5 And the mans rod, whome Ib chose, shal blos som: and I wil make cease from me the grud∣gyngs of the children of Israél, which grud∣ge against you.

6 ¶ Then Mosés spake vnto the children of Is∣raél, and all their princes gaue him a rod, one rod for euerie prince, according to the hou∣ses of their fathers, (euen) twelue rods, ād the rodc of Aaron (was) among their rods.

7 And Mosés laid the rods before the Lorde in the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.

8 And when Mosés on the morowe went into the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, beholde, the rod of Aarond for the house of Leui was budded, and broght for the buddes, and bro∣ght forth blossoms and bare ripe almondes.

9 Then Mosés broght out all the rods frome before the Lord vnto all the children of Is∣raél: and they loked vpon them, and toke euerie man his rod.

10 ¶ After, the Lord sayd vnto Mosés, * Bryng Aarons rod againe before the Testimonie to be kepte for a token to the rebellious chyl∣dren, ād thou shalt cause theire murmurings to cease from me, that they dye not.

11 So Mosés did as the Lorde had commanded him: so did he.

12 ¶ And the children of Israél spake vnto Mo sés, saying, Beholde,f we are dead, we perish, we are all lost.

13 Whosoeuer commeth nere, or approcheth to the Tabernacle of the Lord, shal dye: shall we be consumed and dye?

Notes

• a

  VVhile he was in the doute of the Tabernacle.
• Exod. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 22.
• b

  To be the chief Priest.
• c

  Thogh Iosephs 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of thē lande, yet here it is but one and Leui ma∣keth 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• d

  To declare that God did chose the houses of Le∣ui to serue hym in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 nacie.
• Ebr. 9. 4.
• e

  Grudging that Aaron shuld be hie Priest.
• f

  The Chalde text describeth thus their 〈◊〉〈◊〉 VVe dye by the sword: the earth swalloweth vs vp, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 doeth cōsume vs.