1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take from them a rod, a rod for the house of their fathers, from all their leaders according to the house of their fathers, twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod.
3 You will write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi, because one rod will be for each father’s house.
4 You will lay them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
5 It will be that the rod of the man whom I choose will bud. Thus I will rid myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, that they have been making against you.
6 Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and each one of their leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.