²⁰ When the sticks on which you write are in your hand ^(A)before their eyes,

³ As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself ^(A)an exile's baggage, and go into exile by day ^(B)in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place ^(C)in their sight. ^(D)Perhaps they will understand, though^[a] they are a rebellious house.

⁶ Moses spoke to the people of Israel. And all their chiefs gave him staffs, one for each chief, according to their fathers' houses, twelve staffs. And the staff of Aaron was among their staffs. ⁷ And Moses deposited the staffs before the Lord in ^(A)the tent of the testimony.

⁸ On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds. ⁹ Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the people of Israel. And they looked, and each man took his staff.