Numbers 17:2-5 ▼

2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and receive from each of them a rod by their kinships, from all the leaders of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of each one on his rod.

3 But the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod separately shall contain all their families.

4 And you shall place these in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to you.

5 Whomever of these I will choose, his rod will germinate, and so shall I restrain the complaints of the sons of Israel before me, by which they murmur against you.”