I had recently interpreted this in a deeper sense as reflecting the future
tense:
Bring back/'return' ('HaShev') the Kohanim (Aaron's Staff) in the Temple.
The Hebrew for 'The Staff' in other portions of the Torah ='HaShevet' would
also be very revealing.
With MOSHE Katsav elected as the new Israeli President instead of Peres,
this is more likely something
that can now be fulfilled, as Moshe would be able to make this happen
where as Peres was more leaning towards Globalists who didn't want the
temple to disturb the staus quo.
About Moshiach ;
"And he is a recipient of the Ordination Of Moses"( 13. Maimonides,
Introduction to Yad)
Moshe Katsav is now in the position to help ordinate this process.
http://members.tripod.com/~MikeNight/temple.html
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