* passeth under the rod.
   The Rabbins say, that when a man gave the tithe of his sheep
   or calves, he shut them in one fold, in which was a narrow
   door, to let out but one at a time.  He then stood by the
   door, with a rod dipped in vermilion in his hand, and as they
   passed he counted them with the rod; and when the tenth came
   he touched it, by which it was distinguished as the tithe
   calf, sheep, etc.

  Jer 33:13  Eze 20:37  Mic 7:14