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<p> ( 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. </p>
 
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_54940" /> ==
        <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. 3 <sup> b </sup> ). 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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        <ref name="term_54940"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-new-testament/aarons+rod Aaron'S Rod from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament]</ref>
       
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Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [1]

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 Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols) i. 3 b ). In either case the object was to secure a standing witness to the validity of the claims of the Aaronic priesthood (so Clement, 1 Cor. § 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, The Cross in Tradition, History, Art , 1898, p. 83.

R. W. Moss.

References

  1. ↑ Aaron'S Rod from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
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