1. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
2. “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and take from them a rod from each father’s house, all their leaders according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each one’s name on his rod,
3. and write Aharon’s name on the rod of Lĕwi, for there is one rod for the head of each father’s house.
4. “You shall then place them in the Tent of Meeting before the Witness, where I meet with you.