Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1696 [e] דַּבֵּ֣ר ׀ dab-bêr speak V-Piel-Imp-ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 1121 [e] בְּנֵ֣י bə-nê the sons N-mpc 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל yiś-rā-’êl, of Israel N-proper-ms 3947 [e] וְקַ֣ח wə-qaḥ and get Conj-w | V-Qal-Imp-ms 853 [e] מֵֽאִתָּ֡ם mê-’it-tām from them Prep-m | DirObjM | 3mp 4294 [e] מַטֶּ֣ה maṭ-ṭeh a staff N-ms 4294 [e] מַטֶּה֩ maṭ-ṭeh a rod N-ms 1004 [e] לְבֵ֨ית lə-ḇêṯ from each house Prep-l | N-msc 1 [e] אָ֜ב ’āḇ fathers' N-ms 853 [e] מֵאֵ֤ת mê-’êṯ - Prep-m | DirObjM 3605 [e] כָּל־ kāl- all N-msc 5387 [e] נְשִֽׂיאֵהֶם֙ nə-śî-’ê-hem their leaders N-mpc | 3mp 1004 [e] לְבֵ֣ית lə-ḇêṯ according to houses Prep-l | N-msc 1 [e] אֲבֹתָ֔ם ’ă-ḇō-ṯām, of their father N-mpc | 3mp 8147 [e] שְׁנֵ֥ים šə-nêm two Number-md 6240 [e] עָשָׂ֖ר ‘ā-śār [and] ten Number-ms 4294 [e] מַטּ֑וֹת maṭ-ṭō-wṯ; rods N-mp 376 [e] אִ֣ישׁ ’îš Of each man N-ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 8034 [e] שְׁמ֔וֹ šə-mōw, name N-msc | 3ms 3789 [e] תִּכְתֹּ֖ב tiḵ-tōḇ Write V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- on Prep 4294 [e] מַטֵּֽהוּ׃ maṭ-ṭê-hū. his rod N-msc | 3ms

New American Standard Bible
"Speak to the sons of Israel, and get from them a rod for each father's household: twelve rods, from all their leaders according to their fathers' households. You shall write each name on his rod,

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral house, 12 staffs from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man's name on his staff.

A rod. The word matteh signifies a staff, or sceptre, which the prience 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.

Numbers 1:5-16 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of …

Numbers 2:3-30 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the …

Numbers 10:14-27 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children …

twelve rods

Genesis 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between …

Exodus 4:2,17 And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod…

Psalm 110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule you …

Psalm 125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous; …

Ezekiel 19:14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which has devoured …

Ezekiel 21:10,13 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it …

Ezekiel 37:16-20 Moreover, you son of man, take you one stick, and write on it, For …

Micah 7:14 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which …

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