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"Speak to the people of Isra'el, and take from them staffs, one for each ancestral tribe from each leader of a tribe, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff;
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and write Aharon's name on the staff of Levi, for each tribe's leader is to have one staff.
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Put them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you.
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The staff of the man I am going to choose will sprout buds - in this way I will put a stop to the complaints the people of Isra'el keep making against you."