Numbers 17:2 (KJV)

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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

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Cross-references

all their princes. Nu 1:5-16 Nu 2:3-30 Nu 10:14-27

twelve rods. Ge 49:10 Ex 4:2 Ex 4:17 Ps 110:2 Ps 125:3 Eze 19:14 Eze 21:10 Eze 21:13 Eze 37:16-20 Mic 7:14

a rod.The word {matteh} signifies a staff, or sceptre, which the prince or chief of each tribe bore, and which was the sign of office or royalty among almost all the people of the earth.

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