Numbers 17:3

And thou shalt write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head {of each} of their fathers' households.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

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.
- Basic English Bible

and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

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

And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall contain all their families:
- Douay-Rheims Bible

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.
- English Revised Version

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

Wesley's Notes for Numbers 17:3

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.