1 The Lord said to Moses,
2 “Speak to the Israelites, and get 12 staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their tribes. Write each man’s name on his staff.
3 Write Aaron’s name on the staff for Levi because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
4 Put them in the tent of meeting where I meet with you, in front of the words of my promise.
5 The staff from the man I choose will begin to grow. In this way I will silence the frequent complaints the Israelites make against you and Aaron.”
6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites. Their leaders gave him 12 staffs, one from the leader of each of their tribes. Aaron’s staff was among them.
7 Moses put the staffs in the Lord’s presence in the tent of the words of God’s promise.