3You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.


In Context

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 |Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write every man's name on his rod.

3 You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

4 You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

5 It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.|

Numbers 17:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:3On the staff of Levi write Aaron's name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers houses.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for each head of their fathers' houses.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3and Aaron's name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod is for the head of their fathers' house:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.