Exodus 4:2
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And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
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So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.