{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_num017_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_num017_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_num017_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/num017.htm","summary":"This is a synoptic presentation of Numbers 16\u201317 from the Hebrew Bible, displayed in four parallel textual traditions: the King James Version (English), the Septuagint (ancient Greek), the Masoretic Tanakh (Hebrew), and the Latin Vulgate. The passage covers two episodes: first, a plague breaks out among the Israelites after they accuse Moses and Aaron of killing the people of God, and Aaron halts it by rushing into the congregation with a censer of incense, standing between the living and the dead\u2014with 14,700 dying before the plague stops. Second, God commands Moses to collect a staff from each of the twelve tribal leaders, inscribe their names on them, and place them overnight in the Tent of Meeting; Aaron's staff, representing the tribe of Levi, alone sprouts, blossoms, and produces ripe almonds by morning. God then instructs Moses to preserve Aaron's staff before the Ark as a permanent sign against future rebellion. The text ends with the Israelites crying out in despair that anyone who approaches the tabernacle will die. This is a source-critical or comparative-textual resource rather than a commentary, useful for studying manuscript traditions and translation choices across the major ancient witnesses to the Torah.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 17","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1573}