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.

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 my hand.

⁸ Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink.

⁹ And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him.

¹⁷ And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

² And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.

³ and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land:

⁴ and the name of the other was Eliezer; for `he said', The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

¹¹ And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.