Numbers 17:2-9 (17:17) 'Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods; thou shalt write every man's name upon his rod.

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ² (17:17) 'Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods; thou shalt write every man's name upon his rod. ³ (17:18) And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for the head of their fathers' houses. ⁴ (17:19) And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. ⁵ (17:20) And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall bud; and I will make to cease from Me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.' ⁶ (17:21) And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. ⁷ (17:22) And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. ⁸ (17:23) And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. ⁹ (17:24) And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel; and they looked, and took every man his rod.