Numbers 17:3
Good News Translation
and then write Aaron's name on the stick representing Levi. There will be one stick for each tribal leader.

New Revised Standard Version
and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.

New American Bible
and write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff. For each head of an ancestral house shall have a staff.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:

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And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:

Numbers 3:2,3 And these the names of the sons of Aaron: his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. . . .

Numbers 18:1,7 And the Lord said to Aaron: Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the sins of your priesthood. . . .

Exodus 6:16,20 And these are the names of the sons of Levi by their kindreds: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven. . . .

Context
Aaron's Staff Buds
2Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon his rod. 3And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.…
Cross References
Numbers 17:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon his rod.

Numbers 17:4
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.

Ezekiel 37:16
And thou son of man, take thee a stick: and write upon it: Of Juda, and of the children of Israel his associates: and take another stick and write upon it: For Joseph the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, and of his associates.

Numbers 17:2
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