Here in this chapter we see God's final vindication of Aaron and his family's appointment to serve as priests before God. Each tribal leader was commanded to bring a staff or rod, with Moses writing their names on it. All in all there were 12 rods.
The following day, it was the rod of Aaron that budded, blossomed and bore fruit. This was to signify and demonstrate, once and for all, that it was Aaron and his sons were the ones who were authorized to serve as priests before God in the tabernacle. The rod of Aaron was then kept for a memorial inside the tabernacle in the Most Holy Place as a testimony to all.
The people of Israel were terrified and got the message. They overreacted saying: "Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying! Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?”
Apparently, before this incident, they flippantly and casually just went near the vicinity of the tabernacle. But at this point, they would not dare go near it. Actually, what was prohibited was for a non-authorized person to go inside the tabernacle.
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