Exodus 4:20

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So Moses took his wife and his sons, put them on a donkey, and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

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  • Exod 17:9 : 9 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out to fight against Amalek. Tomorrow, I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."
  • Num 20:8-9 : 8 "Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to the rock in front of them, and it will yield its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community and their livestock to drink." 9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD's presence, just as he was commanded.
  • Exod 4:17 : 17 And take this staff in your hand, for with it you shall perform the signs.
  • Exod 4:2 : 2 The LORD said to him, 'What is that in your hand?' Moses replied, 'A staff.'
  • Exod 18:3-4 : 3 along with her two sons. One was named Gershom, meaning, 'I have been a foreigner in a foreign land,' because Moses had said, 'I was a sojourner in a strange land.' 4 The name of the other son was Eliezer, meaning, 'My God is my help,' for Moses had said, 'The God of my father was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.'
  • Num 20:11 : 11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water came out abundantly, and the community and their livestock drank.

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  • Num 20:9
    79%

    9So Moses took the staff from the LORD's presence, just as he was commanded.

  • Exod 4:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2The LORD said to him, 'What is that in your hand?' Moses replied, 'A staff.'

    3Then He said, 'Throw it to the ground.' So Moses threw it to the ground, and it became a serpent, and he ran away from it.

    4Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand and grasp its tail.' So Moses stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff again in his hand.

  • Exod 4:17-19
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    78%

    17And take this staff in your hand, for with it you shall perform the signs.

    18Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, 'Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt to see if they are still alive.' And Jethro said to Moses, 'Go in peace.'

    19Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, 'Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are now dead.'

  • Exod 17:5
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    5The LORD answered Moses, "Go ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go."

  • Exod 4:21
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    21The LORD said to Moses, 'When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.'

  • Exod 18:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Jethro, the priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

    2Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent away,

  • Exod 3:1
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    1Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Num 17:9
    73%

    9The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 18:4-6
    3 verses
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    4The name of the other son was Eliezer, meaning, 'My God is my help,' for Moses had said, 'The God of my father was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.'

    5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came to Moses in the wilderness where he was camped at the mountain of God, bringing Moses’ wife and his two sons with him.

    6Jethro sent word to Moses, saying, 'I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons.'

  • Exod 18:8
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    8Moses told his father-in-law about everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for the sake of Israel, all the hardships they had faced along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

  • Exod 10:9
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    9Moses answered, "We will go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the LORD."

  • Num 17:1
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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Gen 45:19
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    19You are also instructed to do this: Take wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives, and bring your father and come.

  • Exod 7:15
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    15"Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes down to the water. Wait to meet him by the riverbank, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake.

  • Exod 7:10
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    10So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

  • Exod 2:15
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    15When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well.

  • Exod 17:9
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    9Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out to fight against Amalek. Tomorrow, I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

  • Exod 14:26
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    26Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.'

  • Num 11:30
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    30Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel.

  • Num 14:13
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    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

  • Exod 4:29
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    29Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the Israelites.

  • Exod 14:6
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    6So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him.

  • Exod 18:27
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    27Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.

  • Num 17:11
    69%

    11Moses said to Aaron, 'Take your censer and put incense on it, along with fire from the altar, and hurry to the assembly to make atonement for them. Wrath has gone out from the LORD; the plague has begun.'

  • Exod 9:23
    69%

    23When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 10:24
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    24Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship the LORD. Only your flocks and herds must stay behind. Even your women and children may go with you."

  • Exod 24:13
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    13So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

  • Exod 2:17
    69%

    17Some shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their flock.

  • Exod 7:20
    69%

    20Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the water of the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and his officials, and all the water in the river was turned into blood.

  • Exod 3:10
    69%

    10'So now go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.'

  • Acts 7:29
    69%

    29When Moses heard this, he fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.

  • Exod 13:19
    69%

    19Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, 'God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.'

  • Exod 14:16
    69%

    16As for you, lift up your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it, so the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.