1. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2. “Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod.
3. You shall write Aaron’s name on Levi’s rod. There shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.
4. You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
5. It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. I will make the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you, cease from me.”
6. Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, a total of twelve rods. Aaron’s rod was among their rods.
7. Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the Tent of the Testimony.