Numbers 17:1-3

The Budding of Aaron’s Staff

17:1 ¹ The Lord spoke to Moses: 17:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, ²  one from every tribal leader, ³  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. ⁴ 

[17:1]  ¹ sn Num 17:1 in the English Bible is 17:16 in the Hebrew text (BHS). See also the note on 16:36.

[17:2]  ² tn Heb “receive from them a rod, a rod from the house of a father.”

[17:2]  ³ tn Heb “from every leader of them according to their fathers’ house.”

[17:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “one rod for the head of their fathers’ house.”