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and the name of Aaron on the staff of Levi, because one staff is for the head of each of their families.[a] You must then put them in the tent of assembly before[b] the testimony[c] where I meet with you. And it will happen, the man whom I will choose, his staff will blossom, and so I will rid from upon myself the grumblings of the Israelites,[d] who are grumbling against you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 17:3 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  2. Numbers 17:4 Literally “in the presence of”
  3. Numbers 17:4 Or “the statute”
  4. Numbers 17:5 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

On the staff of Levi write Aaron’s name,(A) for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe. Place them in the tent of meeting(B) in front of the ark of the covenant law,(C) where I meet with you.(D) The staff belonging to the man I choose(E) will sprout,(F) and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling(G) against you by the Israelites.”

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