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Aaron's Walking Stick

17 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell the people of Israel to give you twelve walking sticks, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man's name on his stick and then write Aaron's name on the stick representing Levi. There will be one stick for each tribal leader.

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The Budding of Aaron’s Staff

17 [a]The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs(A) from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes.(B) Write the name of each man on his staff. On the staff of Levi write Aaron’s name,(C) for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 17:1 In Hebrew texts 17:1-13 is numbered 17:16-28.