Numbers - Chapter 17

In this chapter God says that he will show the person he has chosen to lead the Priesthood – he will demonstrate beyond doubt that it is Aaron.  The staff of a leader from each tribe is given to Moses – with Aaron’s staff clearly marked. Aaron’s staff not only sprouted overnight, but it also budded, blossomed and produced almonds.

Similarly, Jesus is the chosen high priest – and in Isaiah there are descriptions of him as a spouting rod. In Chapter 11:

Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him.

And in Chapter 53:

My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground.