17:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, 1 one from every tribal leader, 2 twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.
17:3 You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe. 3
1 tnHeb “receive from them a rod, a rod from the house of a father.”
2 tnHeb “from every leader of them according to their fathers’ house.”
3 tnHeb “one rod for the head of their fathers’ house.”