Moses

That the children of Israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished, that no stranger or any one that is not of the seed of Aaron should come near to offer incense to the Lord, lest he should suffer as Core suffered, and all his congregation, according as the Lord spoke to Moses.

The following day all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying: You have killed the people of the Lord.

And when there arose a sedition, and the tumult increased,

Moses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when they were gone into it, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

And the Lord said to Moses:

Moses said to Aaron: Take the censer, and putting fire in it from the altar, put incense upon it, and go quickly to the people to pray for them: for already wrath is gone out from the Lord, and the plague rageth.

When Aaron had done this, and had run to the midst of the multitude which the burning fire was now destroying, he offered the incense:

And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant after the destruction was over.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and all the princes gave him rods one for every tribe: and there were twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron.

And when Moses had Laid them up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony:

He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded: and that the buds swelling it hid bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds.

Moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children of Israel: and they saw, and every one received their rods.

And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.

And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.

And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron:

And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.

And Moses and Aaron leaving the multitude, went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and fell flat upon the ground, and cried to the Lord, and said. O Lord God, hear the cry of this people, and open to them thy treasure, a fountain of living water, that being satisfied, they may cease to murmur. And the glory of the Lord appeared over them.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Moses therefore took the rod, which was before the Lord, as he had commanded him,

And having gathered together the multitude before the rock, he said to them: Hear, ye rebellious and incredulous: Can we bring you forth water out of this rock?

And when Moses bad lifted up his hand, and struck the rock twice with the rod, there came forth water in great abundance, so that the people and their cattle drank,