17:6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, 6 according to their tribes 7 – twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.
1 tn The Hebrew text simply has “and the tribe of Gad.”
2 tc The Leningrad codex, upon which BHS is based, has “Reuel” here. In reading “Deuel” the translation presented above follows many medieval Hebrew manuscripts, Smr, and the Latin Vulgate. Cf. Num 1:14.
3 tn Here too the Hebrew text simply has “and the tribe of Benjamin.”
5 tn The Hebrew text has “and the tribe of Naphtali.”
7 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.” So also a little later in this verse.
9 tn Heb “a rod for one leader, a rod for one leader.”
10 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”