Numbers 17:8
The next day Moses went into the tent of the covenant decrees and, behold, Aaron's staff for the tribe of Levi had budded. It grew buds and produced blossoms and ripe almonds!
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7Then Moses deposited the staffs before Yahweh in the tent of the covenant decrees.
Cross References
Genesis 40:10In the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms came out and the clusters of grapes ripened.
Psalms 110:2Yahweh will hold out the scepter of your strength from Zion; 1 rule among your enemies. 1
Song of Solomon 2:3As an apricot tree among the trees of the forest, 1 so is my beloved among the young men. 1 I sit down under his shadow with great delight, 1 and his fruit is sweet to my taste. 1
Ezekiel 17:24Then all the trees of the field will know that I am Yahweh. I bring down the high trees and I raise up the low trees. I wither the watered tree and I cause the dried tree to bloom. I am Yahweh, I have declared that this will happen; and I have done it.'”
Ezekiel 19:14For fire went out from her large branches and consumed its fruit. 1 There is no strong branch on it, no scepter to rule.' This is a lamentation and will be sung as a lamentation.”
Hebrews 9:4It had a golden altar for incense. It also had the ark of the covenant, which was completely overlaid with gold. Inside it was a golden jar holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 17:2-8
The Blossoming of Aaron's Rod. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the… Read the whole commentary →