Numbers 17:3-4

17:3 You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe. ¹  17:4 You must place them ²  in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant ³  where I meet with you.

[17:3]  ¹ tn Heb “one rod for the head of their fathers’ house.”

[17:4]  ² tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect of נוּחַ (nuakh, “to rest”), and so “to set at rest, lay, place, put.” The form with the vav (ו) consecutive continues the instruction of the previous verse.

[17:4]  ³ tn The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”