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New page: right|thumb|250px|Aaron's Rod bears fruit '''Aaron's Rod''' refers to the staff which, in the hands of Aaron, the high priest, was endowed with miraculous powe...
[[Image:Aarons_Rod.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Aaron's Rod bears fruit]]
'''Aaron's Rod''' refers to the staff which, in the hands of [[Aaron]], the high priest, was endowed with miraculous power during the plagues that preceded the [[Exodus]]. In this function the staff of [[Moses]] was equally potent. Upon two occasions, however, the singular virtue of spontaneous power, when not in the grasp of its possessor, was exhibited by Aaron's Rod. At one time it swallowed the rods of the [[Egypt|Egyptian]] magicians, and at another it blossomed and bore fruit in the [[Tabernacle]], as an evidence of the exclusive right to the priesthood of the tribe of [[Levi]]. In commemoration of this decision it was commanded that the rod be put again "''before the testimony''" ([[Numbers]] 17:10). [[Hebrews]] 9:4 tells that the rod was later kept in the [[Ark of the Covenant]], confirming that the rod was preserved in the Tabernacle as a relic of the institution of the Aaronic priesthood.
==In Rabbinical literature==
The Bible ascribes similar miraculous powers to the Rod of Aaron and to the staff of Moses, while the [[Haggadah]] identifies them as one and the same. The [[Midrash]] Yelamdenu states that: "''the staff with which [[Jacob]] crossed the Jordan is identical with that which [[Judah]] gave to his daughter-in-law, Tamar ([[Genesis]] 32:10; 38:18). It is likewise the holy rod with which Moses worked (Exodus 4:20-21), with which Aaron performed wonders before [[Pharaoh]] (Exodus 7:10), and with which, finally, [[David]] slew the giant [[Goliath]] (1 Samuel 17:40). David left it to his descendants, and the Davidic kings used it as a scepter until the destruction of the [[Temple]], when it miraculously disappeared. When the Messiah comes it will be given to him for a scepter in token of his authority over the heathen."
==References==
*The [[Jewish Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:Bible]][[Category:Judaism]]
'''Aaron's Rod''' refers to the staff which, in the hands of [[Aaron]], the high priest, was endowed with miraculous power during the plagues that preceded the [[Exodus]]. In this function the staff of [[Moses]] was equally potent. Upon two occasions, however, the singular virtue of spontaneous power, when not in the grasp of its possessor, was exhibited by Aaron's Rod. At one time it swallowed the rods of the [[Egypt|Egyptian]] magicians, and at another it blossomed and bore fruit in the [[Tabernacle]], as an evidence of the exclusive right to the priesthood of the tribe of [[Levi]]. In commemoration of this decision it was commanded that the rod be put again "''before the testimony''" ([[Numbers]] 17:10). [[Hebrews]] 9:4 tells that the rod was later kept in the [[Ark of the Covenant]], confirming that the rod was preserved in the Tabernacle as a relic of the institution of the Aaronic priesthood.
==In Rabbinical literature==
The Bible ascribes similar miraculous powers to the Rod of Aaron and to the staff of Moses, while the [[Haggadah]] identifies them as one and the same. The [[Midrash]] Yelamdenu states that: "''the staff with which [[Jacob]] crossed the Jordan is identical with that which [[Judah]] gave to his daughter-in-law, Tamar ([[Genesis]] 32:10; 38:18). It is likewise the holy rod with which Moses worked (Exodus 4:20-21), with which Aaron performed wonders before [[Pharaoh]] (Exodus 7:10), and with which, finally, [[David]] slew the giant [[Goliath]] (1 Samuel 17:40). David left it to his descendants, and the Davidic kings used it as a scepter until the destruction of the [[Temple]], when it miraculously disappeared. When the Messiah comes it will be given to him for a scepter in token of his authority over the heathen."
==References==
*The [[Jewish Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:Bible]][[Category:Judaism]]