Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 17

This is a synoptic presentation of Numbers 16–17 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—with 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.

Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 17

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