2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and take from them one rod+ for each paternal house from all their chieftains,+ by the house of their fathers, twelve rods. You will write the name of each one upon his rod.
12 and he went on to say to them: “YOU are the heads+ of the fathers of the Levites. Sanctify+ yourselves, YOU and YOUR brothers, and YOU must bring the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel up to the place that* I have prepared for it.