Holy Scripture
Numbers 17:8
A church father on this verse
“In the book of the prophet it is written: "Take to thyself the rod of an almond tree." We ought to consider why the Lord said this to the prophet, for it was not written without a purpose, since in the Pentateuch too we read that the almond rod of Aaron the priest, after being long laid up, blossomed. For the Lord see…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8And Moses and Aaron went in, in front of the tabernacle of witness.
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6And the children of Israel murmured the next day against Moses and Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
7And it came to pass when the congregation combined against Moses and Aaron, that they ran impetuously to the tabernacle of witness; and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
— Numbers 17:8 —
9And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
10Depart out of the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once: and they fell upon their faces.