the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Aaron's Rod
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
or (Numbers 17:1-13 and Hebrews 9:4 ): Immediately after the incidents connected with the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram against the leadership of Moses and the priestly primacy of Aaron (Nu 16), it became necessary to indicate and emphasize the Divine appointment of Aaron. Therefore, at the command of Yahweh, Moses directs that twelve almond rods, one for each tribe with the prince's name engraved thereon, be placed within the Tent of the Testimony. When Moses entered the tent the following day, he found that Aaron's rod had budded, blossomed and borne fruit, "the three stages of vegetable life being thus simultaneously visible." When the miraculous sign was seen by the people, they accepted it as final; nor was there ever again any question of Aaron's priestly right. The rod was kept "before the testimony" in the sanctuary ever after as a token of the Divine will (Numbers 17:10 ). The writer of Hebrews, probably following a later Jewish tradition, mentions the rod as kept in the Holy of Holies within the ark (Hebrews 9:4; compare 1 Kings 8:9 ). See PRIEST , III.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Aaron's Rod'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/a/aarons-rod.html. 1915.
