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Jewish Publication Society (1917)
JPS
The Second Book of Clement
2Clem
[1]And ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ spoke unto Moses, saying: [No book]
[2]'Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the fire-pans out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are become holy; [No book]
[3]Even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar—for they are become holy, because they were offered before ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎—that they may be a sign unto the children of Israel.' [No book]
[4]And Eleazar the priest took the brazen fire-pans, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, [No book]
[5]To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no common man, that is not of the seed of Aaron, draw near to burn incense before ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎; that he fare not as Korah, and as his company; a ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ spoke unto him by the hand of Moses. [No book]
[6]But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying: 'Ye have killed the people of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎.' [No book]
[7]And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting; and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory o ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ appeared. [No book]
[8]And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. [No book]
[9]And ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ spoke unto Moses, saying: [No book]
[10]'Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.' And they fell upon their faces. [No book]
[11]And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎: the plague is begun.' [No book]
[12]And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. [No book]
[13]And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. [No book]
[14]Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah. [No book]
[15]And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stayed. [No book]
[16]And ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ spoke unto Moses, saying: [No book]
[17]'Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods; thou shalt write every man's name upon his rod. [No book]
[18]And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for the head of their fathers' houses. [No book]
[19]And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. [No book]
[20]And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall bud; and I will make to cease from Me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.' [No book]
[21]And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. [No book]
[22]And Moses laid up the rods before ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ in the tent of the testimony. [No book]
[23]And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. [No book]
[24]And Moses brought out all the rods from before ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ unto all the children of Israel; and they looked, and took every man his rod. [No book]
[25]And ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ said unto Moses: 'Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept there, for a token against the rebellious children; that there may be made an end of their murmurings against Me, that they die not.' [No book]
[26]Thus did Moses; as ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ commanded him, so did he. [No book]
[27]And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. [No book]
[28]Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, is to die; shall we wholly perish?' [No book]
Translation: Jewish Publication Society (1917)
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Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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