The Reenactment of Aaron's Staff

The budding of Aaron's rod makes sense in the context of Cora's rebellion. This is the reminder, the visible picture given to Israel to function as a gracious warning in their life so that they don't rebel in these same ways against the Lord. The people collect all these staffs and they put them into the holy place before the arc of the testimony. It's going to be the one that sort of vindicates Aaron and his line.