Numbers 17:3 · KJV
“And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod {shall be} for the head of the house of their fathers.”
— Numbers 17:3
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of {their} fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
Numbers 17 — Context
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of {their} fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
3And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod {shall be} for the head of the house of their fathers.
4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
5And it shall come to pass, {that} the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
Cross References
Exodus 6:16
And these {are} the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi {were} an hundred thirty and seven years.
Numbers 3:2-3
And these {are} the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Exodus 6:20
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram {were} an hundred and thirty and seven years.
Numbers 18:1
And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
Numbers 18:7
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office {unto you} as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.