Numbers 17:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there is to be one staff for the head of each tribe.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi [his great-grandfather]. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father's house.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³ Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, for there will be one staff for the leader of each household.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ But the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod separately shall contain all their families.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Numbers 17:3 Cross References

Exodus 6:16

These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their family records; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived for 137 years.

Exodus 6:20

Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived for 137 years.

Jeremiah 42:20

You have gone astray at the cost of your lives  because you are the ones who sent me to the Lord your God, saying, “Pray to the Lord our God on our behalf, and as for all that the Lord our God says, tell it to us, and we’ll act accordingly.”

Ezekiel 37:16

‘Son of man, take a single stick and write on it:  Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him. Then take another stick and write on it: Belonging to Joseph #– #the stick of Ephraim #– #and all the house of Israel associated with him.

Numbers 17:2

‘Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral tribe,  twelve staffs from all the leaders of their tribes.  Write each man’s name on his staff.

Numbers 17:4

Then place them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony where I meet with you.

Numbers 18:1

The Lord said to Aaron, ‘You, your sons, and your ancestral family  , will be responsible for iniquity against the sanctuary. You and your sons will be responsible for iniquity involving your priesthood.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities  for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift,  but an unauthorised person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.’

Numbers 26:10

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men.  They serve as a warning sign.