(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Numbers 17:8–13, “And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?”
Moses asked all the tribal leaders in Israel to put the Lord to the test to see who were the approved leaders of the nation. They were asked to put their walking sticks in the Tabernacle of witness and see what happened. When they looked at the walking sticks the next morning they discovered that Aaron’s stick had produced fruit. The dead walking stick was alive and even producing seeds for the next generation. The Lord made sure that everyone understood He supported Moses and Aaron as leaders and no one else. The fact that the Lord brought almonds reminds us of another event that happened many years later. When the Lord called Jeremiah to be a prophet to Judah just before they went into exile He gave the prophet a vision. The vision was of a rod from an almond tree The Lord said, at that time that he would hasten His word to perform it (Jer 1:11–12, “Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.”) The almond tree was known to be the first tree to flower in time for spring. It was know as the tree that heralded the coming of the spring. In the same way the Lord was watching over His nation, Israel, and making sure that His word would be kept. He was removing any people who may prevent His will from happening.
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