1 The Lord said to Moses,
2 “Speak to the people of Israel and get twelve walking sticks from them—one from the leader of each tribe. Write the name of each man on his stick, and
3 on the stick from Levi, write Aaron’s name. There must be one stick for the head of each tribe.
4 Put them in the Meeting Tent in front of the Ark of the Agreement, where I meet with you.
5 I will choose one man whose walking stick will begin to grow leaves; in this way I will stop the Israelites from always complaining against you.”
6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites. Each of the twelve leaders gave him a walking stick—one from each tribe—and Aaron’s walking stick was among them.