Aaron’s Staff Chosen

17 The Lord instructed Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral tribe,[a] twelve staffs from all the leaders of their tribes.[b] Write each man’s name on his staff. Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there is to be one staff for the head of each tribe.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:2 Lit father’s house
  2. 17:2 Lit the house of their fathers, also in vv. 3,6

The Budding of Aaron’s Staff

17 [a]The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs(A) from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes.(B) Write the name of each man on his staff. On the staff of Levi write Aaron’s name,(C) for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 17:1 In Hebrew texts 17:1-13 is numbered 17:16-28.