Exodus 4:20
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.
KJV
Tulit ergo Moyses uxorem suam, et filios suos, et imposuit eos super asinum : reversusque est in Ægyptum, portans virgam Dei in manu sua.
Vulgate
ἀναλαβὼν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὰ παιδία ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτὰ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον· ἔλαβεν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת אִשְׁתּ֣/וֹ וְ/אֶת בָּנָ֗י/ו וַ/יַּרְכִּבֵ/ם֙ עַֽל הַ/חֲמֹ֔ר וַ/יָּ֖שָׁב אַ֣רְצָ/ה מִצְרָ֑יִם וַ/יִּקַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת מַטֵּ֥ה הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּ/יָדֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 2:21 — And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
- Exod 4:2 — And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
- Exod 4:2 — And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
- Exod 14:16 — But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
- Exod 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
- Exod 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
- Exod 18:3 — And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
- Exod 18:3 — And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
- Num 20:8 — Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them wa
- Num 20:8 — Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them wa
- Num 20:11 — And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.