‏ Numbers 17:2

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.

all their princes Num 1:5-16, Num 2:3-30, Num 10:14-27

twelve rods Gen 49:10; Exod 4:2, Exod 4:17; Ps 110:2, Ps 125:3; Ezek 19:14, Ezek 21:10, Ezek 21:13; Ezek 37:16-20; Mic 7:14

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