Numbers 17:4-5

17:4 You must place them ¹  in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant ²  where I meet with you. 17:5 And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.”

[17:4]  ¹ 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]  ² tn The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”