Exodus 4:17

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

Exodus 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 4:17

And thou shall take this rod in thine hand
Which he then had in his hand, and was no other than his shepherd's staff: wherewith thou shall do signs:
wondrous things, meaning the ten plagues inflicted on Egypt.

Exodus 4:17 In-Context

15 You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
16 He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
18 Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
19 Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
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