Numbers 17:2-9 "Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them. Get one from the leader of each of their tribes. Write each man's name on his staff.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ² "Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them. Get one from the leader of each of their tribes. Write each man's name on his staff. ³ "Write Aaron's name on the staff for Levi because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe. ⁴ You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. ⁵ "The staff from the man I choose will begin to grow. In this way I will silence the frequent complaints the Israelites make against you and Aaron." ⁶ Thus Moses spoke to the Israelites. Their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one from the leader of each of their tribes. Aaron's staff was among them. ⁷ And Moses laid the staves before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. ⁸ On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. ⁹ Moses brought out the staffs from the LORD's presence and showed them to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.