Discovery BoxNumbers 7:3 
Context7:3 They brought 1 their offering before the Lord, six covered carts 2 and twelve oxen – one cart for every two of the leaders, and an ox for each one; and they presented them in front of the tabernacle.
Numbers 17:2
Context17:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, 3 one from every tribal leader, 4 twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.
Numbers 17:6
Context17:6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, 5 according to their tribes 6 – twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.
1 tn Heb “and they brought.”
2 sn For a discussion and drawings, see W. S. McCullough, IDB 1:540. But see also D. J. Wiseman, IBD 1:254.
3 tn Heb “receive from them a rod, a rod from the house of a father.”
4 tn Heb “from every leader of them according to their fathers’ house.”
5 tn Heb “a rod for one leader, a rod for one leader.”
6 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”
