לְאוֹת לְסִימָן: For a sign.
אִתְפְּרָשׁוּ מִן בֵּינֵי עַם כְּנִשְׁתָּא הָדָא וְאֵשֵׁיצֵי יַתְהוֹן כְּקָלִיל זְעֵיר וְאִתְרָכִינוּ בִּצְלוֹ עַל אַפֵּיהוֹן: Separate from the people of this congregation, and I will destroy them in a brief moment. But they bowed down on their faces in prayer.
וַהֲוָה מִן יוֹמָא דְבַתְרָא וְעַל משֶׁה לְמַשְׁכְּנָא דְסַהֲדוּתָא וְהָא אַפְרַח חוּטְרָא דְאַהֲרן לְבַיְיתֵיהּ דְלֵוִי וְאַפֵּיק פְּרָחִין וַאֲנֵיץ נִיצִין וְחָסִיל לוּזִין בַּר לוּזַיָא: And the day following Mosheh went into the tabernacle of testimony, and, behold, the rod of Aharon, of his house of Levi, had germinated, put forth buds, bloomed with flowers, and ripened almonds, the fruit of the almond.
וְאָמְרִין בְּנֵי יִשְרָאֵל לְמֵימָר הָא סַפְנָן וּכִדְנַן כּוּלָנָא אִישְׁתֵּיצִינָן אִית מִינָן דִי מִית בְּמַגֵיפְתָּא אִית מִינָן דִי פְתָחַת אַרְעָא יַת פּוּמָהּ וּבְלָעַת יַתְהוֹן: And the sons of Israel spake, saying: Behold, we are consumed, and are all of us as if destroyed. Some of us have died of the plague, and some of us the earth, opening her mouth, hath swallowed up.