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- "Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me" (Psalm 22).
- Rod of Aaron. "When Pharao shall say to you: Shew signs; Thou shalt say to Aaron: Take thy rod and cast it down before Pharao, and it shall be turned into a serpent" (Exodus 7). "Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony" (Numbers 17). "And Aaron took the rod before Pharao, and his servants, and it was turned into a serpent. ..but Aaron's rod devoured their rod" (Exodus 7). "And there were twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron" (Numbers 17). "He. ..found that the rod of Aaron, for the house of Levi, was budded" (Numbers 17). "Take the rod. ..thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak to the rock before them and it shall yield waters" (Numbers 20). "And the Ark of the Testament. ., in which was. ..the rod of Aaron that had blossomed" (Hebrews 9).
- Rod of Jesse. "And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root" (Isaiah 11).
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