Rodman had read on, absorbed in the story and the picture it
presented to his imagination. He liked the idea of all the
princes having a rod according to the house of their fathers; he
liked to think of the little branches being laid on the altar in
the tabernacle, and above all he thought of the longing of each
of the princes to have his own rod chosen for the blossoming.
6. AND MOSES SPOKE UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND EVERY ONE OF
THEIR PRINCES GAVE HIM A ROD A PIECE, FOR EACH PRINCE ONE,
ACCORDING TO THEIR FATHER'S HOUSES, EVEN TWELVE RODS; AND THE ROD
OF AARON WAS AMONG THEIR RODS.
Oh! how the boy hoped that Aaron's branch would be the one chosen
to blossom! He felt that his aunt would be pleased, too; but he
read on steadily, with eyes that glowed and breath that came and
went in a very palpitation of interest.
7. AND MOSES LAID UP THE RODS BEFORE THE LORD IN THE TABERNACLE
OF WITNESS.
8. AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT ON THE MORROW MOSES WENT INTO THE
TABERNACLE OF WITNESS; AND, BEHOLD, THE ROD OF AARON WAS BUDDED
AND BROUGHT FORTH BUDS, AND BLOOMED BLOSSOMS, AND YIELDED
ALMONDS.
It was Aaron's rod, then, and was an almond branch! How
beautiful, for the blossoms would have been pink; and how the
people must have marvelled to see the lovely blooming thing on
the dark altar; first budding, then blossoming, then bearing
nuts! And what was the rod chosen for? He hurried on to the next
verse.
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