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Numbers 17:8

And it came to pass, that the next day Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was sprouted, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

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Ambrose of Milan

AD 397

For that reason, too, [God] himself chose Aaron as priest, in order that not human cupidity but the grace of God would be the preponderant force in choosing the priest. It would not be a voluntary offering or one’s own assumption but a heavenly vocation. The one who can suffer on behalf of sinners may offer gifts on behalf of sins, because “even he himself,” Scripture says, “bears infirmity.” No one should assume the honor for himself but be called by God, just as Aaron was. In this way even Christ did not claim the priesthood but received it.

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