What happensPermalink
God affirms his choice of Aaron and his sons as priests by making his staff sprout flowers and almonds, reminiscent of His signs in Egypt against the magicians.
Why it mattersPermalink
God does nothing halfway. He consumes the rebels and their leaders and sets a plague on the camp, and He still confirms His choices by a further miracle.
Key versePermalink
And the Lord said to Moses, “Put back the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die.”