^{3 Ref} And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.

^{4 Ref} And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.

^{5 Ref} And the rod of that man who is marked out by me for myself will have buds on it; so I will put a stop to the outcries which the children of Israel make to me against you.

⁶ So Moses gave these orders to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him rods, one for the head of every family, making twelve rods: and Aaron's rod was among them.

^{7 Ref} And Moses put the rods before the Lord in the Tent of witness.

^{8 Ref} Now on the day after, Moses went into the Tent of witness; and he saw that Aaron's rod, the rod of the house of Levi, had put out buds, and was covered with buds and flowers and fruit.

⁹ Then Moses took out all the rods from before the Lord, and gave them back to the children of Israel: and they saw them, and every man took his rod.

^{10 Ref} And the Lord said to Moses, Put Aaron's rod back in front of the ark of witness, to be kept for a sign against this false-hearted people, so that you may put a stop to their outcries against me, and death may not overtake them.

¹¹ This Moses did: as the Lord gave orders, so he did.