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 to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral house, 12 staffs from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man's name on his staff.
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Write Aaron's name on Levi's staff, because there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
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Then place 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 choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the Israelites' complaints that they have been making about you."