Numbers 17:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ And Mosheh spoke to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and all their leaders gave him a rod each, for each leader according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. And the rod of Aharon was among their rods.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And Moses spoke to the Israelites, and every one of their leaders gave him a rod or staff, one for each leader according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

Common English Bible

⁶ Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their chiefs gave him a staff, one staff for each chief and his household, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron was with their staffs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel. And all the leaders gave him rods, one for each tribe. And there were twelve rods, aside from the rod of Aaron.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and all the princes gave him rods one for every tribe. And there were twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron.

Numbers 17:6 Cross References

Ezekiel 37:20

“And the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.

Numbers 14:2

And all the children of Yisra’ĕl grumbled against Mosheh and against Aharon, and all the congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Mitsrayim! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!

Numbers 14:9

“Only, do not rebel against יהוה, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread. Their defence has turned away from them, and יהוה is with us. Do not fear them.”

Numbers 17:5

And it shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose buds, and I shall rid Myself of the grumblings of the children of Yisra’ĕl, which they grumble against you.

Numbers 17:7

So Mosheh placed the rods before יהוה in the Tent of the Witness.