Ezekiel 12:3 also involves a public symbolic act—preparing exile baggage—similar to holding the written sticks before the people.

Ezekiel 21:6 commands sighing before the people as a visible sign, similar to showing the written sticks as a public prophecy.

Numbers 17:6-9 records Aaron's rod budding as a sign of divine choice, paralleling Ezekiel's use of sticks to signify tribal unity.

Hosea 12:10 declares God uses similitudes through prophets, explaining the purpose behind Ezekiel's stick symbolism as a prophetic sign.