This word is used sometimes for the branches of a tree: “And Jacob
took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree,” Gen.
xxx, 37; sometimes for a staff or wand: “And thou shalt take this rod in
thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. And Moses took the rod of God
in his hand,” Exod. iv, 17, 20; or for a shepherd’s crook: “And
concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever
passeth under the rod; the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord,” Lev.
xxvii, 32; or for a rod, properly so called, which God makes use of to
correct men: “If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of
men, and with the stripes of the children of men,” 2 Sam. vii, 14. “Let
him take his rod away from me,” Job ix, 34. The empire of the Messiah is
sometimes represented by a rod of iron, to show its power and its might,
Psalm ii, 9; Rev. ii, 27; xii, 5; xix, 15. Rod is sometimes put to
signify a tribe or a people: “Remember thy congregation which thou hast
purchased of old, the rod of thine inheritance which thou hast
redeemed,” Psalm lxxiv, 2. “Israel is the rod of his inheritance,” Jer.
x, 16. The rod of Aaron is the staff commonly used by the high priest.
This is the rod that budded and blossomed like an almond tree, Num.
xvii. See AARON.
took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree,” Gen.
xxx, 37; sometimes for a staff or wand: “And thou shalt take this rod in
thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. And Moses took the rod of God
in his hand,” Exod. iv, 17, 20; or for a shepherd’s crook: “And
concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever
passeth under the rod; the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord,” Lev.
xxvii, 32; or for a rod, properly so called, which God makes use of to
correct men: “If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of
men, and with the stripes of the children of men,” 2 Sam. vii, 14. “Let
him take his rod away from me,” Job ix, 34. The empire of the Messiah is
sometimes represented by a rod of iron, to show its power and its might,
Psalm ii, 9; Rev. ii, 27; xii, 5; xix, 15. Rod is sometimes put to
signify a tribe or a people: “Remember thy congregation which thou hast
purchased of old, the rod of thine inheritance which thou hast
redeemed,” Psalm lxxiv, 2. “Israel is the rod of his inheritance,” Jer.
x, 16. The rod of Aaron is the staff commonly used by the high priest.
This is the rod that budded and blossomed like an almond tree, Num.
xvii. See AARON.