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, Exo 4:2, Exo 4:17, Psa 110:2, Psa 125:3, Eze 19:14, Eze 21:10, Eze 21:13, Eze 37:16-20, Mic 7:14 Reciprocal: Exo 24:4 - according Exo 28:1 - take Num 17:6 - General 1Sa 10:19 - by your tribes 2Ch 31:17 - genealogy