The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

and he said to them, Brethren, of whichsoever tribe the rod shall bud, this has God chosen for his priesthood and ministry.

And when it was daylight he called together all Israel, six hundred thousand men, and showed the seals- to the rulers of the tribes, and opened the Tabernacle of Testimony, and took forth the rods, and the rod of Aaron was found not only to have budded, but also to be bearing fruit.

What do you think, beloved? That Moses did not know beforehand that this was going to happen? Assuredly he knew, but he acted thus that there should be no disorder in Israel, to glorify the name of the true and only God, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Our Apostles also knew through our Lord[*](The application of these facts to the situation at Corinth) Jesus Christ that there would be strife for the title of bishop.