Numbers 17:3 - Compare All Versions
Numbers 17:1-5 MSG (The Message)
GOD spoke to Moses: “Speak to the People of Israel. Get staffs from them—twelve staffs in all, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes. Write each man’s name on his staff. Start with Aaron; write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi and then proceed with the rest, a staff for the leader of each ancestral tribe. Now lay them out in the Tent of Meeting in front of The Testimony where I keep appointments with you. What will happen next is this: The staff of the man I choose will sprout. I’m going to put a stop to this endless grumbling by the People of Israel against you.”
Numbers 17:3 KJV (King James Version)
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.
Numbers 17:3 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
and write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers’ households.
Numbers 17:3 NCV (New Century Version)
on the stick from Levi, write Aaron’s name. There must be one stick for the head of each tribe.
Numbers 17:3 ASV (American Standard Version)
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.
Numbers 17:3 NIV (New International Version)
On the staff of Levi write Aaron’s name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe.
Numbers 17:3 NKJV (New King James Version)
And you shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father’s house.
Numbers 17:3 AMP (Amplified Bible)
and write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi [his ancestor]; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers’ households.
Numbers 17:3 NLT (New Living Translation)
Inscribe Aaron’s name on the staff of the tribe of Levi, for there must be one staff for the leader of each ancestral tribe.
Numbers 17:3 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each fathers’ house.