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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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Speak to the Israelites, and get twelve staffs from them, one for each ancestral house, from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man's name on his staff,
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and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
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Place them in the tent of meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
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And the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout; thus I will put a stop to the complaints of the Israelites that they continually make against you.