Exodus 4:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

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  • Exod 17:9 : 9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.
  • Num 20:8-9 : 8 "Take the rod, and gather the assembly together, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their livestock." 9 So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him.
  • Exod 4:17 : 17 And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs.
  • Exod 4:2 : 2 And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
  • Exod 18:3-4 : 3 And her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, I have been a stranger in a foreign land. 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father, he said, was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
  • Num 20:11 : 11 Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod, and water came out abundantly; and the congregation and their livestock drank.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 20:9
    79%

    9So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him.

  • Exod 4:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

    3And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from it.

    4And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail. And he stretched out his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.

  • Exod 4:17-19
    3 verses
    78%

    17And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs.

    18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

    19And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt, for all the men are dead who sought your life.

  • Exod 17:5
    77%

    5And the LORD said to Moses, Go ahead of the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and your rod, with which you struck the river, take in your hand, and go.

  • Exod 4:21
    76%

    21And the LORD said to Moses, When you go to return to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

  • Exod 18:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt,

    2Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

  • Exod 3:1
    73%

    1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

  • Num 17:9
    73%

    9And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel: and they looked, and each man took his rod.

  • Exod 18:4-6
    3 verses
    71%

    4And the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father, he said, was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

    5And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mount of God.

    6And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, am come to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.

  • Exod 18:8
    71%

    8And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the hardships that had come upon them along the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

  • Exod 10:9
    71%

    9And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds we will go; for we must hold a feast to the LORD.

  • Num 17:1
    71%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Gen 45:19
    71%

    19Now you are commanded, do this: take carts out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives and bring your father and come.

  • Exod 7:15
    71%

    15Go to Pharaoh in the morning; see, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's edge until he comes; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

  • Exod 7:10
    71%

    10And Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded, and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

  • Exod 2:15
    71%

    15When Pharaoh heard of this, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

  • Exod 17:9
    71%

    9And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

  • Exod 14:26
    70%

    26And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

  • Num 11:30
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    30And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

  • Num 14:13
    70%

    13And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

  • Exod 4:29
    70%

    29And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

  • Exod 14:6
    70%

    6And he prepared his chariot, and took his people with him:

  • Exod 18:27
    70%

    27And Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own land.

  • Num 17:11
    69%

    11And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so he did.

  • Exod 9:23
    69%

    23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran along the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 10:24
    69%

    24And Pharaoh called to Moses and said, Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back; let your little ones also go with you.

  • Exod 24:13
    69%

    13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

  • Exod 2:17
    69%

    17And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.

  • Exod 7:20
    69%

    20And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

  • Exod 3:10
    69%

    10Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:29
    69%

    29Then Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.

  • Exod 13:19
    69%

    19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had solemnly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you.

  • Exod 14:16
    69%

    16But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.