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You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.[a] You must place them[b] in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant[c] where I meet with you. 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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 17:3 tn Heb “one rod for the head of their fathers’ house.”
  2. Numbers 17:4 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.
  3. Numbers 17:4 tn The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”