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Numbers Chapter 17 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Numbers 17:3

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.
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BBE Numbers 17:3

And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.
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DARBY Numbers 17:3

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

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.
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WBT Numbers 17:3

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.
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WEB Numbers 17:3

You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
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YLT Numbers 17:3

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi. There was no tribe prince of Levi, and it is not probable that either of the three chiefs of the sub-tribes (Numbers 3:24, 30, 55) was called upon to bring a rod. This rod was, therefore, provided by Moses himself, and inscribed by him with the name of Aaron, who stood by Divine appointment (so recently and fearfully attested) above all his brethren. For the significance of the act cf. Ezekiel 37:16-28. For one rod... for the head of the house of their fathers. For Levi, therefore, there must be, not three rods inscribed with the names of the chiefs, but one only bearing the name of Aaron, as their common superior.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi.--Aaron was descended from the second son of Levi. He was not, therefore, the natural, but the divinely-appointed head of his father's house, and hence it would not have sufficed for the purpose contemplated to have inscribed the name of Levi upon the rod. Aaron was constituted the head alike of the priests and of the Levites, into which two classes the tribe of Levi was divided.