The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent: and he shall be the expectation of nations.
Numbers 17:2 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods: and write the name of every man upon his rod. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Speak to the Israelites and get from them rods or staves, one for each father's house, from all their leaders according to their father's houses, twelve rods. Write every man's name on his rod. American Standard Version (1901) 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: write thou every man’s name upon his rod. Common English Bible Speak to the Israelites and take from them a staff from each household, from each of the chiefs of their households, twelve staffs. Write each person’s name on his staff. Catholic Public Domain Version "Speak to the sons of Israel, and receive from each of them a rod by their kinships, from all the leaders of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of each one on his rod. English Standard Version 2016 “Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers’ house, from all their chiefs according to their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs. Write each man’s name on his staff, |
The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent: and he shall be the expectation of nations.
To the priests by their families, and to the Levites from the twentieth year and upward, by their classes and companies.
Great are the works of the Lord: sought out according to all his wills
And therewith thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony: and the ark of the testament:
Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.
And a fire is gone out from a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit: so that she now hath no strong rod to be a sceptre of rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.
It is sharpened to kill victims: it is furbished that it may glitter. Thou removest the sceptre of my son: thou hast cut down every tree.
Because it is tried: and that when it shall overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not be, saith the Lord God.
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy inheritance, them that dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in Basan and Galaad according to the days of old.
And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi: and one rod shall contain all their families:
And it came to pass in the day that Moses had finished the tabernacle, and set it up, and had anointed and sanctified it with all its vessels, the altar likewise and all the vessels thereof: