Numbers 17:3-9

³soothly the name of Aaron shall be written in the lineage of Levi, and one rod shall contain all the meines of Levi.

⁴And thou shalt put those rods in the tabernacle of the bond of peace, before the witnessing, where I shall speak with thee;

⁵the rod of him shall burgeon, whom I shall choose of them to the office of priesthood; and I shall thereby refrain, or quench, from me the complainings, or grutchings, of the sons of Israel, by which they grutch against you.

⁶And Moses spake to the sons of Israel; and all the princes gave to him rods, by all their lineages; and the rods were twelve, without the rod of Aaron.

⁷And when Moses had put those rods before the Lord, in the tabernacle of witnessing,

⁸he went again in the day pursuing or following, and found that the rod of Aaron, in the house of Levi, had burgeoned; and when the knops were great, the blossoms had broken out, which were alarged in leaves, and were formed into almonds.

⁹Therefore Moses brought forth all the rods from the sight of the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they saw, and received each his rod.