Numbers 17:3
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And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:

Numbers 3:2,3 And these the names of the sons of Aaron: his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. . . .

Numbers 18:1,7 And the Lord said to Aaron: Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the sins of your priesthood. . . .

Exodus 6:16,20 And these are the names of the sons of Levi by their kindreds: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven. . . .

Context
Aaron's Staff Buds
2Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon his rod. 3And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.…
Cross References
Numbers 17:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon his rod.

Numbers 17:4
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.

Ezekiel 37:16
And thou son of man, take thee a stick: and write upon it: Of Juda, and of the children of Israel his associates: and take another stick and write upon it: For Joseph the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, and of his associates.

Lexicon
and
וְאֵת֙ (wə·’êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

write
תִּכְתֹּ֖ב (tiḵ·tōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3789: To grave, to write

Aaron’s
אַהֲרֹ֔ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

name
שֵׁ֣ם (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the staff
מַטֵּ֣ה (maṭ·ṭêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

of Levi,
לֵוִ֑י (lê·wî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3878: Levi -- a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him

because
כִּ֚י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

there must be one
אֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

staff
מַטֶּ֣ה (maṭ·ṭeh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

for the head
לְרֹ֖אשׁ (lə·rōš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

of each tribe.
אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father


Additional Translations
and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.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.

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.

And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod for each: they shall give them according to the tribe of the house of their families.

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

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.

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.

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

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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