20 So Moses took (A)his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took (B)the staff of God in his hand.

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So Moses said to (A)Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with (B)the staff of God in my hand.”

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(A)“Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So (B)you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.” And Moses took the staff (C)from before the Lord, as he commanded him.

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11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, (A)and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.

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along with her (A)two sons. The name of the one was Gershom ((B)for he said, (C)“I have been a sojourner[a] in a foreign land”), and the name of the other, Eliezer[b] (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for sojourner
  2. Exodus 18:4 Eliezer means My God is help

The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, (A)“A staff.”

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17 And take in your hand (A)this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”

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