Exodus 4:17

17 And you must take this staff in your hand, with which you will do the signs."

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 And you will speak to him, and you will put words in his mouth, and I myself will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you must do.

16 And he will speak for you to the people, {and then} he will be to you as a mouth, and you will be to him as a god.

17 And you must take this staff in your hand, with which you will do the signs."

18 And Moses went, and he returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and he said to him, "Please let me go, and let me return to my brothers who [are] in Egypt, and let me see whether they [are] yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."

19 And Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return to Egypt because all the men have died who [were] seeking your life."