Numbers 17:2

Speak to the people of Israel , and get from them staffs , one for each fathers ’ house , from all their chiefs according to their fathers ’ houses , twelve staffs . Write each man’s name on his staff ,

“Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes. Write the name of each man on his staff.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods : write thou every man's name upon his rod.