The budding of Aaron’s rod. Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds. Num 17:8
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT13
The Experiences in the Wilderness
II. FROM SINAI TO THE JORDAN, Numbers 10:11-22:1
Korah’s Rebellion; Aaron’s Rod, Num_16:1-50; Num_17:1-13
25. How was God’s choice of Aaron’s line for the priesthood shown beyond dispute?
AARON’S STAFF BUDS
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to the sons of Israel and get rods from them, a rod for each father’s household, from all their leaders according to their fathers’ households, twelve rods. Write every man’s name on his rod,
and write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi [his ancestor]; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers’ households.
You shall then deposit them in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) in front of [the ark of] the Testimony, where I meet with you.
It shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will bud, and I will no longer hear the constant grumblings of the Israelites, who are grumbling against you.”
So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader according to their fathers’ households, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony (tabernacle).
Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.
Moses brought out all the rods from the presence of LORD to all the Israelites; and they looked, and each man took his rod.
But the LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebellious and contentious, so that you may put an end to their murmurings [of discontent] against Me, so that they do not die.”
And Moses did so; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
The sons of Israel said to Moses, “Look, we perish, we are doomed, all doomed!
Everyone who approaches, who approaches the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?”
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Numbers 17:1-13
THE BUDDING OF AARON’S ROD
The controversy about the priesthood needed authoritative settlement, and to remove all grounds of dissension a notable sign was wrought on Aaron’s rod. “The man whom I shall choose, his rod shall bud.” This is an eternal principle. There is an indissoluble connection between God’s choice and our fruitfulness. “I have chosen you and ordained you,” said our Lord, “that ye should go and bring forth fruit.”
In the Epistle to the Hebrews we learn that Aaron’s budding rod symbolized our Lord’s unwithering priesthood. See Heb_7:24. He seemed as a root out of the dry ground; but in the grave the rod of Jesse began to bud and blossom and bear fruit. We may seem to be mere bare rods, but if we become united to Christ by a living faith we shall partake of His strength and beauty. “A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.” “From me is thy fruit found,” Hos_14:8.
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