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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_54940" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_54940" /> == | ||
<p> Aaron’s rod is mentioned only in | <p> Aaron’s rod is mentioned only in Hebrews 9:4, which locates the rod in the ark. An earlier tradition ( Numbers 17:10; cf. 1 Kings 8:9) preserves it ‘before’ the ark, on the spot on which it had budded (see <i> Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols) </i> i. 3b). In either case the object was to secure a standing witness to the validity of the claims of the Aaronic priesthood (so Clement, <i> 1 Cor. </i> § 43). The rod has sometimes been identified as a branch of the almond tree; and both [[Jewish]] and [[Christian]] fancy has been busy with it. For early legends associating it symbolically with the cross, or literally with the transverse beam of the cross, see [[W.]] [[W.]] Seymour, <i> The Cross in Tradition, History, Art </i> , 1898, p. 83. </p> <p> [[R.]] [[W.]] Moss. </p> | ||
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