. .AARONS STAFF BUDS . . N U M B E R S . . 1 7 New International Version, emphases added Abridged the complete text is in your Bible 1 4 4 5 . . B. C. 1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes.