1 The Lord said to Moses,
2 “Tell the people of Israel to give you twelve walking sticks, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man's name on his stick
3 and then write Aaron's name on the stick representing Levi. There will be one stick for each tribal leader.
4 Take them to the Tent of my presence and put them in front of the Covenant Box, where I meet you.
5 Then the stick of the man I have chosen will sprout. In this way I will put a stop to the constant complaining of these Israelites against you.”
6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a stick, one for each tribe, twelve in all, and Aaron's stick was put with them.