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Selected Verse: Exodus 4:2 - King James

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Ex 4:2 King James And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the Lord said, . . . What is that in thine hand?--The question was put not to elicit information which God required, but to draw the particular attention of Moses.

A rod--probably the shepherd's crook--among the Arabs, a long staff, with a curved head, varying from three to six feet in length.
 
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12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
20 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.
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
20 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.
32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.