Numbers 17:8 (WEB)
On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
Fathers and councils · 3
Ambrose of Milan
“In the ark of the Old Testament the priest’s rod budded; with God it is easy that in Holy Church a flower should spring from our knots also.” — editor's note: Num. xvii. 8.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 6Correspondence with Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsarea
“…God gave the increase to our honour, that a memorial might remain among you of my diligence, as in the Ark we read and believe, did Aaron’s rod that budded.” — editor's note: Num. xvii. 8, 10.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Yet, when the rod of Aaron the priest blossomed, the Godhead in some way conversed with doubting humanity.” — editor's note: Num. xvii. 8
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.1.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity III.5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 6.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.1.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.1.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.1.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.1.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.1.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.1.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.1.
Cited together in Letters Letter 6.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.1.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.1.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity III.5.