Listen up, recruits! Numbers 17 is all about Moses and Aaron. God told Moses to take 12 staffs, one for each of the 12 tribes of Israel, and write the name of each tribe on each staff. Then, Aaron was to put the staffs in the tent of meeting in front of the Ark of the Covenant and God would select the one he wanted. The next morning, the staff of the tribe of Levi had a budded almond branch on it, so God chose that tribe to be responsible for the service of the Tabernacle. Got it?