Numbers 17:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴ “Then lay them there in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Ark of the Covenant^[a] where I’ll meet with you. ⁵ The rod that belongs to the man whom I’ll choose will burst into bloom. That’s how I’ll put a stop to the complaints of the Israelis, who are complaining against you.”

⁶ So Moses spoke to the Israelis, and each of the tribe leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader, according to their ancestral tribes, for a total of twelve rods. Aaron’s rod was one of them.