Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he commanded him. New Living Translation So Moses did as he was told. He took the staff from the place where it was kept before the LORD. English Standard Version And Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he commanded him. Berean Standard Bible So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. King James Bible And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. New King James Version So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him. New American Standard Bible So Moses took the staff from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him; NASB 1995 So Moses took the rod from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him; NASB 1977 So Moses took the rod from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him; Legacy Standard Bible So Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, just as He had commanded him; Amplified Bible So Moses took the rod from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him; Christian Standard Bible So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence just as he had commanded him. Holman Christian Standard Bible So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence just as He had commanded him. American Standard Version And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him. Contemporary English Version Moses obeyed and took his stick from the sacred tent. English Revised Version And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. GOD'S WORD® Translation Moses took his staff out of [the tent in] the LORD's presence as he had been commanded. Good News Translation Moses went and got the stick, as the LORD had commanded. International Standard Version So Moses took the rod in the LORD's presence, just as he had commanded. Majority Standard Bible So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. NET Bible So Moses took the staff from before the LORD, just as he commanded him. New Heart English Bible Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. Webster's Bible Translation And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. World English Bible Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Moses takes the rod from before YHWH as He has commanded him, Young's Literal Translation And Moses taketh the rod from before Jehovah, as He hath commanded him, Smith's Literal Translation And Moses will take the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMoses therefore took the rod, which was before the Lord, as he had commanded him, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Moses took the rod, which was in the sight of the Lord, just as he had instructed him. New American Bible So Moses took the staff from its place before the LORD, as he was ordered. New Revised Standard Version So Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he had commanded him. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Moshe took the rod from before LORD JEHOVAH as He commanded him. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as He commanded him. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Moses took his rod which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Water from the Rock…8“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.” 9So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. 10Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”… Cross References Exodus 17:5-6 And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. / Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. Psalm 106:32-33 At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. / For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips. Deuteronomy 32:51 For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence. Exodus 4:17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.” Exodus 7:19-20 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.” / Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood. Exodus 14:16 And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. Exodus 17:9 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.” Numbers 17:10 The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.” Numbers 27:14 for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin. 1 Corinthians 10:4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Hebrews 3:16-19 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ... Hebrews 4:2 For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. John 4:10-14 Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” / “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water? / Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?” ... John 7:37-39 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. 1 Corinthians 10:1-2 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. Treasury of Scripture And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. Numbers 17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. Jump to Previous Commanded Lord's Orders Presence Rod StaffJump to Next Commanded Lord's Orders Presence Rod StaffNumbers 20 1. The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dies.2. They murmur for want of water 7. Moses smiting the rock, brings forth water at Meribah 14. Moses at Kadesh desires passage through Edom, which is denied him 22. At Mount Hor Aaron resigns his place to Eleazar, and dies So Moses took the staff Moses Moses is a central figure in the Old Testament, chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage. His name, derived from the Hebrew "Mosheh," is believed to mean "drawn out," reflecting his rescue from the Nile as a baby. Moses' life is a testament to God's power and faithfulness, as he was called to be a prophet, leader, and lawgiver. His role in this verse underscores his authority and responsibility as God's appointed leader. took the staff Hebrew So Mosesמֹשֶׁ֛ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver took וַיִּקַּ֥ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take the staff הַמַּטֶּ֖ה (ham·maṭ·ṭeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe from the LORD’s יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel presence, מִלִּפְנֵ֣י (mil·lip̄·nê) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that He had commanded. צִוָּֽהוּ׃ (ṣiw·wā·hū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order Links Numbers 20:9 NIVNumbers 20:9 NLT Numbers 20:9 ESV Numbers 20:9 NASB Numbers 20:9 KJV Numbers 20:9 BibleApps.com Numbers 20:9 Biblia Paralela Numbers 20:9 Chinese Bible Numbers 20:9 French Bible Numbers 20:9 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 20:9 Moses took the rod from before Yahweh (Nu Num.) |