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.