Exodus 4:20 “So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back…”

Exodus 4:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Moses tooke his wife, and his sonnes, and put them on an asse, and returned towarde the lande of Egypt, and Moses tooke the rod of God in his hand.

Darby Translation

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them riding upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

Young's Literal Translation

and Moses taketh his wife, and his sons, and causeth them to ride on the ass, and turneth back to the land of Egypt, and Moses taketh the rod of God in his hand.

Bible in Basic English

And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.

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Cross references

“the rod of God”

Exodus 17:9 Exodus 4:2 Exodus 4:17 Numbers 20:8 Numbers 20:9

Exodus 17:9 · BSB

So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

Exodus 4:2 · BSB

And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

Exodus 4:17 · BSB

But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”

Numbers 20:8 · BSB

“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congre…

Numbers 20:9 · BSB

So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.

Also

Numbers 20:11 Exodus 18:3–4

Numbers 20:11 · BSB

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.

Exodus 18:3–4 · BSB

along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”

21The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

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