And the Lord spake unto Moses After the plague ceased, for the further confirmation of the priesthood in Aaron's family, another method is directed to by the Lord:
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`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and take from them each a rod, for a father's house, from all their princes, for the house of their fathers, twelve rods; the name of each thou dost write on his rod,
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and Aaron's name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod [is] for the head of their fathers' house:
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and thou hast placed them in the tent of meeting, before the testimony, where I meet with you.
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`And it hath come to pass, the man's rod on whom I fix doth flourish, and I have caused to cease from off me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against you.'
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.