Numbers 17:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
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.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Barnes's Numbers 17:3 Bible Commentary
Thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi - The Levites had taken part in the late outbreak. It was therefore necessary to vindicate the supremacy of the house of Aaron over them; and accordingly his name was written on the rod of Levi, although being the son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (Exodus 6:16 ff), he would not be the natural head of the tribe.
Wesley's Numbers 17:3 Bible Commentary
17:3 Aaron's name - Rather than Levi's, for that would have left the controversy undecided between Aaron and the other Levites, whereas this would justify the appropriation of the priesthood to Aaron's family. One rod - There shall be in this, as there is in all the other tribes, only one rod, and that for the head of their tribe, who is Aaron in this tribe: whereas it might have been expected that there should have been two rods, one for Aaron, and another for his competitors of the same tribe. But Aaron's name was sufficient to determine both the tribe, and that branch or family of the tribe, to whom this dignity should be affixed.
