# The Rods of Moses and Aaron as the Cross and Mary

Source: https://enocharchive.com/symbols/rods-of-moses-and-aaron-as-cross-and-mary (Enoch Archive).

In its long section of interpretations, the Kebra Nagast retells how the tribes murmured against the priests and how God told Moses to collect a rod from each house. Twelve rods were shut overnight in the Tent of Witness by Zion. In the morning Aaron's rod, marked with the name of Levi, bore the flower and fruit of an almond. The book says this rod is Mary, who bore the Word of God without the seed of man, as the rod bloomed without water.

The rod of Moses is read as the wood of the Cross. With it Moses struck the rock at Kades in the form of a cross, so that twelve streams flowed, turned the river to blood, and brought darkness on Egypt. The book sets each act beside the work of Christ on the Cross.

**category:** Messianic

**symbol:** The Cross and the Virgin Mary