1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and take from them a rod from each father’s house, all their leaders according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each one’s name on his rod,
3 and write Aharon’s name on the rod of Lĕwi, for there is one rod for the head of each father’s house.
4 “You shall then place them in the Tent of Meeting before the Witness, where I meet with you.
5 “And it shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose buds, and I shall rid Myself of the grumblings of the children of Yisra’ĕl, which they grumble against you.”
6 And Mosheh spoke to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and all their leaders gave him a rod each, for each leader according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. And the rod of Aharon was among their rods.
7 So Mosheh placed the rods before יהוה in the Tent of the Witness.