⁴ Place them in the tent of meeting^(A) in front of the ark of the covenant law,^(B) where I meet with you.^{(C) 5} The staff belonging to the man I choose^(D) will sprout,^(E) and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling^(F) against you by the Israelites.”

⁶ So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one for the leader of each of their ancestral tribes, and Aaron’s staff was among them.