³ You are also to write Aaron’s name on the tribe of Levi, since there is to be one rod for every leader of their ancestral tribes.

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.”