Numbers 17:5
And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
Cross-references
Numbers 17:8 records the fulfillment: Aaron's rod budded, blossomed, and yielded almonds — exactly as verse 5 promised.
Numbers 17:10 shows the rod was kept as a token to stop murmuring — the budding in verse 5 was the means to that end.
In Numbers 16:5, God says He will show who is chosen — here the budding rod fulfills that promise, confirming Aaron's priesthood.
Numbers 16:11 records the grumbling against Aaron that God later silences by making Aaron's rod sprout — a direct narrative link.
1 Samuel 2:28 explicitly recalls God's choice of Aaron as priest, the very appointment validated by the rod that sprouted.
1 Kings 13:33 shows Jeroboam making priests by human choice — contrasting with God's method in Numbers 17:5 of confirming the legitimate priest.
Psalm 105:26 states plainly that God chose Aaron, the same divine selection that the budding rod demonstrated.
Hebrews 9:4 lists Aaron's rod that budded as a relic kept in the ark — confirming its lasting significance as a sign of God's chosen priesthood.
Isaiah 11:1 speaks of a rod from Jesse, a messianic shoot — Aaron's rod blossoming prefigures the chosen one from David's line.