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Aaron's rod   Listen
noun
Aaron's rod  n.  
1.
(Arch.) A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.
2.
(Bot.) A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.






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"Aaron's rod" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Temple, (he says,) typified CHRIST'S flesh[469]; and St. Paul intimates that he could further have spoken particularly of the Golden Censer, and the Ark of the Covenant, and the Pot of Manna, and Aaron's rod, and the Tables of the Covenant, and the Cherubims of Glory[470].—Again, he says, that "the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the Sanctuary by the High Priest for Sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own Blood, ...
— Inspiration and Interpretation - Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford • John Burgon



Words linked to "Aaron's rod" :   torch, flannel leaf, velvet plant, mullein, great mullein, common mullein, flannel mullein



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