1. The Lord instructed Moses:
2. “Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral house, 12 staffs from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man’s name on his staff.
3. Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
4. Then place them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony where I meet with you.