4And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.
5And the rod of that man who is marked out by me for myself will have buds on it; so I will put a stop to the outcries which the children of Israel make to me against you.
6So Moses gave these orders to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him rods, one for the head of every family, making twelve rods: and Aaron's rod was among them.
7And Moses put the rods before the Lord in the Tent of witness.