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| Chapter XLIII.—Moses of old stilled the contention which arose concerning the priestly dignity.
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Chapter XLIII.—Moses of old stilled
the contention which arose concerning the priestly dignity.
And what wonder is it if those in Christ who
were entrusted with such a duty by God, appointed those [ministers]
before mentioned, when the blessed Moses also, “a faithful servant
in all his house,”186
noted down in the sacred books all the injunctions which were
given him, and when the other prophets also followed him, bearing witness
with one consent to the ordinances which he had appointed? For, when rivalry arose
concerning the priesthood, and the tribes were contending among
themselves as to which of them should be adorned with that glorious
title, he commanded the twelve princes of the tribes to bring him their
rods, each one being inscribed with the name187
| 187 Literally, “every tribe being
written according to its name.” | of the tribe. And he
took them and bound them [together], and sealed them with the rings of
the princes of the tribes, and laid them up in the tabernacle of witness
on the table of God. And having shut the doors of the tabernacle, he
sealed the keys, as he had done the rods, and said to them, Men and
brethren, the tribe whose rod shall blossom has God chosen to fulfil the
office of the priesthood, and to minister unto Him. And when the morning
was come, he assembled all Israel, six hundred thousand men, and showed
the seals to the princes of the tribes, and opened the tabernacle of
witness, and brought forth the rods. And the rod of Aaron was found not
only to have blossomed, but to bear fruit upon it.188
What think ye, beloved? Did not Moses know beforehand that this
would happen? Undoubtedly he knew; but he acted thus, that there might be
no sedition in Israel, and that
the name of the true and only
God might be glorified; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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