## Numbers Chapter 17

###### Numbers 17:1
[Numbers 17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:1)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying:


###### Numbers 17:2
[Numbers 17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:2)

אֱמֹ֨ר אֶל־אֶלְעָזָ֜ר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְיָרֵ֤ם אֶת־הַמַּחְתֹּת֙ מִבֵּ֣ין הַשְּׂרֵפָ֔ה וְאֶת־הָאֵ֖שׁ זְרֵה־הָ֑לְאָה כִּ֖י קָדֵֽשׁוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
“Say to Elazar the son of Aharon, the *kohein* and have him lift up the firepans from the inferno, and you, scatter the fire yonder, for, they were sanctified;

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Speak to El῾azar the son of Aharon the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they have become holy.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Tell Elazar the son of Aaron the Cohein to lift the fire-pans from the conflagration and to scatter the fire (i.e., the coals) [in the fire-pans to the ground], for they the [fire-pans] have been consecrated [as ministering vessels (and may not be used for profane purposes)] —


###### Numbers 17:3
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אֵ֡ת מַחְתּוֹת֩ הַֽחַטָּאִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה בְּנַפְשֹׁתָ֗ם וְעָשׂ֨וּ אֹתָ֜ם רִקֻּעֵ֤י פַחִים֙ צִפּ֣וּי לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ כִּֽי־הִקְרִיבֻ֥ם לִפְנֵֽי־יְהֹוָ֖ה וַיִּקְדָּ֑שׁוּ וְיִֽהְי֥וּ לְא֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
[These] firepans of these sinners [who paid] with their souls, and make them into hammered sheets to overlay the altar, for they were brought in offering before Adonoy and they were sanctified; and they shall be for a sign for Bnei Yisroel.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As for the censers of these sinners against their own lives, let them make them into beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they have become holy: and they shall be a sign to the children of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The fire-pans of these who have forfeited their lives [by defying the L-rd] — and they shall beat them into plates (as a) covering for the [copper] altar, for they presented them before the L-rd and they were consecrated; and they shall be a sign [i.e., a "memorial"] for the children of Israel, [viz.: "These (plates) came from those who contested the priesthood and were burned."]


###### Numbers 17:4
[Numbers 17:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:4)

וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶלְעָזָ֣ר הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֵ֚ת מַחְתּ֣וֹת הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִקְרִ֖יבוּ הַשְּׂרֻפִ֑ים וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם צִפּ֥וּי לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Elazar the *kohein,* took the copper firepans, those that the fire victims brought and hammered them into a covering for the altar,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And El῾azar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they made them into beaten plates for a covering of the altar:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Elazar the Cohein took the copper fire-pans which the burned ones had presented, and he beat them into plating for the altar.


###### Numbers 17:5
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זִכָּר֞וֹן לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לְ֠מַ֠עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יִקְרַ֜ב אִ֣ישׁ זָ֗ר אֲ֠שֶׁ֠ר לֹ֣א מִזֶּ֤רַע אַהֲרֹן֙ ה֔וּא לְהַקְטִ֥יר קְטֹ֖רֶת לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֤ה כְקֹ֙רַח֙ וְכַ֣עֲדָת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהֹוָ֛ה בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֽוֹ׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
to be a reminder for Bnei Yisroel so that a commoner shall never offer, one who is not a descendant of Aharon, to burn incense before Adonoy; so as not to be like Korach and his congregation; as Adonoy spoke to him, through Moshe.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to be a memorial to the children of Yisra᾽el, that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aharon, come near to offer incense before the Lord: that he be not like Qoraĥ and his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moshe.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A sign for the children of Israel, so that a stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, not draw near to smoke incense before the L-rd, so that he not be like Korach and his congregation, as the L-rd spoke to Moses about him [Aaron, viz., that he and his sons are to be Cohanim].


###### Numbers 17:6
[Numbers 17:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:6)

וַיִּלֹּ֜נוּ כׇּל־עֲדַ֤ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִֽמׇּחֳרָ֔ת עַל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לֵאמֹ֑ר אַתֶּ֥ם הֲמִתֶּ֖ם אֶת־עַ֥ם יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They complained—the entire congregation of Bnei Yisroel—on the next day against Moshe and Aharon, saying: “You have killed the people of Adonoy”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Yisra᾽el murmured against Moshe and against Aharon, saying, You have killed the people of the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the entire congregation of the children of Israel railed on the morrow against Moses and against Aaron, saying: You have put to death the people of the L-rd.


###### Numbers 17:7
[Numbers 17:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:7)

וַיְהִ֗י בְּהִקָּהֵ֤ל הָֽעֵדָה֙ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן וַיִּפְנוּ֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וְהִנֵּ֥ה כִסָּ֖הוּ הֶעָנָ֑ן וַיֵּרָ֖א כְּב֥וֹד יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When the congregation assembled against Moshe and Aharon, they turned to the Tent of Meeting and behold! The cloud covered it, and the Glory of Adonoy appeared.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moshe and against Aharon, that they looked toward the Tent of Meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, when the congregation gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned to the tent of meeting, and, behold, the cloud covered it and the glory of the L-rd appeared.


###### Numbers 17:8
[Numbers 17:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:8)

וַיָּבֹ֤א מֹשֶׁה֙ וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן אֶל־פְּנֵ֖י אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe and Aharon came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe and Aharon came before the Tent of Meeting.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.


###### Numbers 17:9
[Numbers 17:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:9)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying:


###### Numbers 17:10
[Numbers 17:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:10)

הֵרֹ֗מּוּ מִתּוֹךְ֙ הָעֵדָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את וַאֲכַלֶּ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם כְּרָ֑גַע וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
“Remove yourselves from this congregation and I shall annihalate them in an instant,” and they fell upon their faces.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Remove yourselves from the midst of this congregation and I will consume them this instant; and they fell on their faces.


###### Numbers 17:11
[Numbers 17:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:11)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן קַ֣ח אֶת־הַ֠מַּחְתָּ֠ה וְתֶן־עָלֶ֨יהָ אֵ֜שׁ מֵעַ֤ל הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ וְשִׂ֣ים קְטֹ֔רֶת וְהוֹלֵ֧ךְ מְהֵרָ֛ה אֶל־הָעֵדָ֖ה וְכַפֵּ֣ר עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־יָצָ֥א הַקֶּ֛צֶף מִלִּפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה הֵחֵ֥ל הַנָּֽגֶף׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe said to Aharon: “Take the firepan and put fire from atop the altar on it and place incense on it, and go quickly to the congregation and atone for them, for anger has come forth from before Adonoy; the plague has commenced.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe said to Aharon. Take a censer, and put fire in it from off the altar, and put on incense, and take it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them: for wrath is gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses said to Aaron: Take the fire-pan and place upon it fire from the altar, and put incense (upon it) and take (it) quickly to the congregation and atone for them [(This secret was given to him by the angel of death when he ascended to heaven — that the incense aborts the plague)], for the wrath has gone forth from the L-rd; the plague has begun.


###### Numbers 17:12
[Numbers 17:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:12)

וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַהֲרֹ֜ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר**׀** דִּבֶּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיָּ֙רׇץ֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הַקָּהָ֔ל וְהִנֵּ֛ה הֵחֵ֥ל הַנֶּ֖גֶף בָּעָ֑ם וַיִּתֵּן֙ אֶֽת־הַקְּטֹ֔רֶת וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־הָעָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Aharon took, just as Moshe spoke, and he ran to the middle of the assembly and behold! The plague had commenced among the people. He put on incense and he atoned for the people.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Aharon took as Moshe commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague had begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made atonement for the people.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Aaron took (it) as Moses had commanded and he ran to the midst of the congregation, and, behold, the plague had begun in the people; and he put on the incense and he atoned for the people.


###### Numbers 17:13
[Numbers 17:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:13)

וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד בֵּֽין־הַמֵּתִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ין הַֽחַיִּ֑ים וַתֵּעָצַ֖ר הַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He stood between the dead and between the living and the plague was halted.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he stood between the dead and the living and the plague was aborted.


###### Numbers 17:14
[Numbers 17:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:14)

וַיִּהְי֗וּ הַמֵּתִים֙ בַּמַּגֵּפָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר אֶ֖לֶף וּשְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֑וֹת מִלְּבַ֥ד הַמֵּתִ֖ים עַל־דְּבַר־קֹֽרַח׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The dead in the plague totaled fourteen thousand seven hundred, excluding those who died due to Korach’s rebellion.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand, seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Qoraĥ.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, aside from those who died in the affair of Korach.


###### Numbers 17:15
[Numbers 17:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:15)

וַיָּ֤שׇׁב אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְהַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה נֶעֱצָֽרָה׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Aharon returned to Moshe to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and the plague was halted.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Aharon returned to Moshe to the door of the Tent of Meeting: and the plague was stayed.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting, and the plague was halted.


###### Numbers 17:16
[Numbers 17:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:16)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying:


###### Numbers 17:17
[Numbers 17:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:17)

דַּבֵּ֣ר**׀** אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְקַ֣ח מֵֽאִתָּ֡ם מַטֶּ֣ה מַטֶּה֩ לְבֵ֨ית אָ֜ב מֵאֵ֤ת כׇּל־נְשִֽׂיאֵהֶם֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מַטּ֑וֹת אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־שְׁמ֔וֹ תִּכְתֹּ֖ב עַל־מַטֵּֽהוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
“Speak to Bnei Yisroel and take from among them a staff, a staff for each father’s [tribal] house, from all the leaders according to their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs; and you shall write each man’s name on his staff.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Speak to the children of Yisra᾽el, and take of every one of them a rod, one for each father’s house, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers: twelve rods: write every man’s name upon his rod.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Speak to the children of Israel and take from them a staff for a father's house. From all their chiefs, according to the house of their fathers, twelve staffs; the name of each write on his staff.


###### Numbers 17:18
[Numbers 17:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:18)

וְאֵת֙ שֵׁ֣ם אַהֲרֹ֔ן תִּכְתֹּ֖ב עַל־מַטֵּ֣ה לֵוִ֑י כִּ֚י מַטֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד לְרֹ֖אשׁ בֵּ֥ית אֲבוֹתָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You shall write the name of Aharon on the staff of Levi, for, [there is] one staff for the head of their fathers’ house.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt write Aharon’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the name of Aaron write on the staff of Levi, for there is one staff for the head of their fathers' house [Though I have divided them into two families, the priestly and the levitical, they remain one tribe.]


###### Numbers 17:19
[Numbers 17:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:19)

וְהִנַּחְתָּ֖ם בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד לִפְנֵי֙ הָֽעֵד֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֛ר אִוָּעֵ֥ד לָכֶ֖ם שָֽׁמָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You shall leave them inside the Tent of Meeting before the testimony where there I meet you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the Testimony, where I will meet with you.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And place them in the tent of meeting before the Testimony, where I am appointed for you.


###### Numbers 17:20
[Numbers 17:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:20)

וְהָיָ֗ה הָאִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶבְחַר־בּ֖וֹ מַטֵּ֣הוּ יִפְרָ֑ח וַהֲשִׁכֹּתִ֣י מֵֽעָלַ֗י אֶת־תְּלֻנּוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥ם מַלִּינִ֖ם עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
It shall be that the man whom I choose, his staff shall blossom; and I will abate from Myself the complaints of Bnei Yisroel that they complain against you.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Yisra᾽el, whereby they murmur against you.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it shall be, the man that I choose, his staff will blossom, and I shall cause to recede from Me the plaints of the children of Israel which they vent against you.


###### Numbers 17:21
[Numbers 17:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:21)

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ אֵלָ֣יו׀כׇּֽל־נְשִׂיאֵיהֶ֡ם מַטֶּה֩ לְנָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד מַטֶּ֨ה לְנָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מַטּ֑וֹת וּמַטֵּ֥ה אַהֲרֹ֖ן בְּת֥וֹךְ מַטּוֹתָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe spoke to Bnei Yisroel and all the leaders gave to him a staff for each leader; a staff for each leader, according to their fathers’ house, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aharon [was] among their staffs.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe spoke to the children of Yisra᾽el, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses: twelve rods: and the rod of Aharon was among their rods.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all of their chiefs gave to him a staff for one chief, a staff for one chief, for the house of their fathers, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron in the midst of their staffs, [so that they not attribute its blossoming to its having been placed on the side of the Shechinah.]


###### Numbers 17:22
[Numbers 17:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:22)

וַיַּנַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־הַמַּטֹּ֖ת לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה בְּאֹ֖הֶל הָעֵדֻֽת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe placed the staffs before Adonoy in the Tent of the Testimony.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe laid up the rods before the Lord in the tent of the Testimony.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses placed the staffs before the L-rd in the tent of the Testimony.


###### Numbers 17:23
[Numbers 17:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:23)

וַיְהִ֣י מִֽמׇּחֳרָ֗ת וַיָּבֹ֤א מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל הָעֵד֔וּת וְהִנֵּ֛ה פָּרַ֥ח מַטֵּֽה־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לְבֵ֣ית לֵוִ֑י וַיֹּ֤צֵֽא פֶ֙רַח֙ וַיָּ֣צֵֽץ צִ֔יץ וַיִּגְמֹ֖ל שְׁקֵדִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
It was on the next day, Moshe came inside the Tent of the Testimony, and behold! The staff of Aharon blossomed for the house of Levi, a blossom came forth, and bloomed buds and bore ripe almonds.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moshe went into the tent of the Testimony: and, behold, the rod of Aharon for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and blossomed, and yielded almonds.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was on the morrow that Moses came into the tent of the Testimony, and, behold, the staff of Aaron of the house of Levi had sprouted, and had blossomed, and had brought forth a [fruit] bud, and had gendered almonds.


###### Numbers 17:24
[Numbers 17:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:24)

וַיֹּצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶת־כׇּל־הַמַּטֹּת֙ מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶֽל־כׇּל־בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּרְא֥וּ וַיִּקְח֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ מַטֵּֽהוּ׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe then brought out all the staffs from before Adonoy to all Bnei Yisroel, and each (man) saw, and retrieved his staff.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Yisra᾽el: and they looked, and took every man his rod.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses brought forth all the staffs from before the L-rd to all the children of Israel; and they saw, and each took his staff.


###### Numbers 17:25
[Numbers 17:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:25)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה הָשֵׁ֞ב אֶת־מַטֵּ֤ה אַהֲרֹן֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָעֵד֔וּת לְמִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת לְא֖וֹת לִבְנֵי־מֶ֑רִי וּתְכַ֧ל תְּלוּנֹּתָ֛ם מֵעָלַ֖י וְלֹ֥א יָמֻֽתוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Return the staff of Aharon before the (Ark of) Testimony to be preserved as a symbol to the rebellious people, so that their complaint will end and they not die.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to Moshe, Put Aharon’s rod back before the Testimony, to be kept for a token against rebels; that there may be an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Moses: Return Aaron's staff before the Testimony for keeping as a sign against the sons of rebellion [that I have chosen Aaron to be priest, so that they not again contest the priesthood], and their caviling cease from Me and they not die.


###### Numbers 17:26
[Numbers 17:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:26)

וַיַּ֖עַשׂ מֹשֶׁ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה אֹת֖וֹ כֵּ֥ן עָשָֽׂה׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe did (this), as Adonoy commanded him—so he did.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe did so: as the Lord commanded him, so he did.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses did as the L-rd commanded him; thus did he do.


###### Numbers 17:27
[Numbers 17:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:27)

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֥ן גָּוַ֛עְנוּ אָבַ֖דְנוּ כֻּלָּ֥נוּ אָבָֽדְנוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Bnei Yisroel said [the following] to Moshe: “Behold, we perish, we are lost—we are all lost.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the children of Yisra᾽el spoke to Moshe, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying: Behold, we shall perish; we shall go lost; we shall all go lost!


###### Numbers 17:28
[Numbers 17:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Numbers/r/17:28)

כֹּ֣ל הַקָּרֵ֧ב׀הַקָּרֵ֛ב אֶל־מִשְׁכַּ֥ן יְהֹוָ֖ה יָמ֑וּת הַאִ֥ם תַּ֖מְנוּ לִגְוֺֽעַ׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Anyone approaching, who comes close to the Mishkon of Adonoy will die—have we been consigned to die?”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Everyone that comes at all near the tabernacle of the Lord dies; shall we totally perish?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Whoever draws near [(We are permitted to enter the court of the tent of meeting)], who draws near [(more than his neighbor and inadvertently enters the tent of meeting,)] to the mishkan of the L-rd, will die. Have we been abandoned to death?