“The next day Moshe went into the tent of the testimony, and there he saw that Aharon’s staff for the house of Levi had budded – it had sprouted not only buds but flowers and ripe almonds as well.”
Numbers 17:23
In perhaps an act to end once and for all the contest of whom Adonai was using as priest, another contest was performed. Taking the staff of each tribe’s leader, including Aharon who represented the tribe of Levi, the sticks were placed in the tent of meeting. The winner would be the one whose dead wood would sprout buds. When the sticks were inspected the next day, Aharon’s was the winner. Not only did it spout buds, but it also produced almonds. It was based on this sign that Moshe sought to cease the grumbling of Isra’el.
Numbers 17:16-24
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