Numbers 17:1

Aaron’s Staff Is Chosen

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 17:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 17:1

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:

saying:
as follows.

Numbers 17:1 In-Context

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Speak to the {Israelites}, and take from among them twelve staffs, {a staff from each family} from among all their leaders according to their families' households. Write the name of each man on his staff,

3 and the name of Aaron on the staff of Levi, because one staff [is] for the head of [each of] {their families}.

4 You must then put them in the tent of assembly {before} the testimony where I meet with you.

5 And it will happen, the man whom I will choose, his staff will blossom, and so I will rid from upon myself the grumblings of the {Israelites}, who [are] grumbling against you."