Aaron’s Staff Buds
And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff, Exo 4:17Exo 4:2Ezk 19:14Ezk 21:10Ezk 21:13Ezk 37:16-20Gen 49:10Mic 7:14 and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe. Exo 6:16Exo 6:20Num 18:1Num 18:7Num 3:2-3 Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, 1 where I meet with you. Exo 30:36Exo 25:16-22Exo 29:42-43Exo 30:6Num 17:7 The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.” Num 16:5Ezk 16:41Hos 14:5Isa 35:1-2Num 16:11Num 17:8Ezk 23:27Isa 11:1
So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff—one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them. Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony. Act 7:44Exo 38:21Num 18:2
The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds. Ezk 17:24Jhn 15:1-6Psa 132:17-18Isa 4:2Num 17:5Ezk 19:14Gen 40:10Psa 110:2 Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.
The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.” Eph 5:6Heb 9:4Isa 1:21Sa 2:121Sa 30:22Deu 31:19-26Deu 9:24Exo 16:32 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! Num 26:11Heb 12:5Isa 57:16Isa 6:5Pro 19:3Psa 90:7 Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?” 1Ch 13:11-131Ch 15:131Sa 6:19-212Sa 6:6-12Act 5:11-14Act 5:5Deu 2:16Eph 2:13