And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge:
speake vnto the childern of Israel
and take of them / for euery pryncypall
housse a rod / of their princes ouer the
housses of their fathers: euen .xij. roddes /
and wryte euery mans name apon his rod.
And wryte Aarons name apon the staffe of
Leui: for euery heedman ouer the housses of
their fathers shall haue a rod. And put th&ebar;
in the tabernacle of witnesse where I wyll
mete you. And his rod whom I chose / shall
blossome: So I wyll make cease from me the
grudgynges of the childern of Israel which
they grudge agenst you.
And Moses spake vnto the childern off
Israel / and all the prynces gaue him for euery
prynce ouer their fathers housses / a
rod: euen .xij. roddes / and the rod of Aaron
was amonge the rodes. And Moses put þe;
roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of
witnesse. And on the morowe / Moses went
in to the tabernacle: and beholde / the rod of
Aaron of the housse of Leui was budded ∧
bare blosomes and almondes. And Moses
broughte out all the staues from before the
Lorde / vnto all the childern of Israel / ∧ thei
loked apon them / and toke euery man his
staffe.
And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses: brynge
Aarons rod agayne before the witnesse
to be kepte for a token vnto the childern of rebellyon
-- --
/ that their murmurynges maye ceasse
fro me / that they dye not. And Moses
dyd as the Lorde commaunded him. And
the childern of Israel spake vnto Moses sayenge:
beholde / we are destroyed and all come
to nought: for whosoeuer cometh nye the
dwellynge of the Lord / dyeth. Shall we vtterly
consume awaye?
Tyndale [1534], ¶ The newe Testament / dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale: and fynesshed in the yere of oure Lorde God A. M. D. ∧. xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember (, ANWERP) [word count] [B03000].
