1. And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff.
3. And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for each head of their fathers' houses.