Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor - Rose Croix

ancient brethren, this, the only remaining copy of the law, would have been destroyed at
the destruction of Jerusalem. 1
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High Priest (taking a little pot out of the Ark.)--Companion King, what can this be? a pot
of manna? We will read in the book of the law, and see what that says: (Reads, Exodus
xvi. 32-34.)
"And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth: Fill an omer of the
manna to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed
you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. And Moses said
unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the
Lord, to be kept for your generations. As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up
before the testimony, to be kept for a token."
High Priest--A Pot of Manna! Holiness to the Lord!
King--A Pot of Manna! Holiness to the Lord!
Scribe repeats the same.
High Priest--Companions, we read in the book of the law, that he that overcometh, will I
give to eat of the hidden manna. Come forward, Companions, you are entitled to it. (Each
one receives a small lump of sugar.) But how it came deposited here, we cannot now
particularly speak. You must go higher in Masonry before you can know.
The High Priest looks again into the Ark, and finds a stick with some buds upon it, which
he shows to the King and Scribe, and after a consultation, they decide that it is Aaron's
Rod, and the fact is thus proclaimed in the same manner as the discovery of the manna.
High Priest then reads the following passage, Numbers xvii. 10:
"And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept
for a token."
And also, Hebrews ix. 2-5:
"For there was a tabernacle made: the first, wherein was the candlesticks, and the table,
and the shew-bread, which is called the sanctuary: and after the second veil, the
tabernacle, which is called the Holiest of all; which had the golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant, overlaid round about with gold; wherein was the golden pot that had
manna; and Aaron's rod, that budded, and the tables of the covenant; and over it the
cherubim of glory, shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak
particularly."