Exodus 4:2
The LORD said to him,“What is that in your hand?” He said,“A staff.”
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Referenced Verses
- Exod 4:17 : 17 You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs.”
- Exod 4:20 : 20 Then Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey and headed back to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.
- Lev 27:32 : 32 All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the LORD.
- Ps 110:2 : 2 The LORD extends your dominion from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies!
- Isa 11:4 : 4 He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.
- Mic 7:14 : 14 Shepherd your people with your rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.
- Gen 30:37 : 37 But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.
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- Exod 4:3-75 verses87%
3The LORD said,“Throw it to the ground.” So he threw it to the ground, and it became a snake, and Moses ran from it.
4But the LORD said to Moses,“Put out your hand and grab it by the tail”– so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand–
5“that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
6The LORD also said to him,“Put your hand into your robe.” So he put his hand into his robe, and when he brought it out– there was his hand, leprous like snow!
7He said,“Put your hand back into your robe.” So he put his hand back into his robe, and when he brought it out from his robe– there it was, restored like the rest of his skin!
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17You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs.”
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1The Source of Sufficiency Moses answered again,“And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say,‘The LORD has not appeared to you’?”
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9So Moses took the staff from before the LORD, just as he commanded him.
- Exod 17:4-52 verses79%
4Then Moses cried out to the LORD,“What will I do with this people?– a little more and they will stone me!”
5The LORD said to Moses,“Go over before the people; take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile and go.
- Exod 7:8-103 verses78%
8The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
9“When Pharaoh says to you,‘Do a miracle,’ and you say to Aaron,‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ it will become a snake.”
10When Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, they did so, just as the LORD had commanded them– Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants and it became a snake.
- Exod 4:20-212 verses77%
20Then Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey and headed back to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.
21The LORD said to Moses,“When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders I have put under your control. But I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
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15Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. Position yourself to meet him by the edge of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake.
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1The Budding of Aaron’s Staff The LORD spoke to Moses:
- Num 17:9-102 verses75%
9So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.
10The Memorial The LORD said to Moses,“Bring Aaron’s staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die.”
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4When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said,“Moses, Moses!” And Moses said,“Here I am.”
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7Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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23And the LORD said to Moses,“Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!”
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5The LORD spoke to Moses,“Tell Aaron,‘Extend your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals, and over the ponds, and bring the frogs up over the land of Egypt.’”
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12Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
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16And as for you, lift up your staff and extend your hand toward the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites may go through the middle of the sea on dry ground.
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16The Third Blow: Gnats The LORD said to Moses,“Tell Aaron,‘Extend your staff and strike the dust of the ground, and it will become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.’”
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13But Moses said,“O my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!”
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23When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the LORD caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt.
- Num 17:5-73 verses71%
5And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.”
6So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, according to their tribes– twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.
7Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
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31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,
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9So Moses said to Joshua,“Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”
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20Moses and Aaron did so, just as the LORD had commanded. He raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile right before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.
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11Moses said to God,“Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
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7He said,“Lift it out.” So he reached out his hand and grabbed it.
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10Then the LORD said to Moses,
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10Then Moses said to the LORD,“O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
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1So the LORD said to Moses,“See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
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15“So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you both what you must do.
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1The Victory at the Red Sea The LORD spoke to Moses:
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1Exhortation to Obedience and Life The LORD spoke to Moses:
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13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–
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26The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:
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17This is what the LORD has said:“By this you will know that I am the LORD: I am going to strike the water of the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood.