So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and all their leaders gave him a staff each — one staff for each leader, according to their ancestral houses, twelve staffs — and Aaron’s staff was among their staffs.
This edition follows the Hebrew versification; the traditional number is given in brackets. not numbered in the tradition.
In context
19Place them in the tent of meeting, before the testimony, where I meet with you. 20The staff of the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.” 21So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and all their leaders gave him a staff each — one staff for each leader, according to their ancestral houses, twelve staffs — and Aaron’s staff was among their staffs. 22Moses placed the staffs before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony. 23The next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and there — Aaron’s staff, for the house of Levi, had sprouted. It had put out buds, produced blossoms, and yielded ripe almonds.
