‘Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall scrape them off into the bitter water.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and get from them a rod from each father’s house, all their leaders according to their fathers’ houses—twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod.

And you shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father’s house.