(The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn; 173)
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The rod with which Aaron, the brother of Moses, came before pharaoh to demand freedom for the Hebrews. Pharaoh's magicians cast down their rods...""and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods."" Exod 7:12. According to legend, Aaron's Rod was kept in the Ark of the Covenant along with Moses' Rod, two vases of manna, and the tablets of the law (the tablets upon which were written the Ten Commmandments).