Exodus 4:20

And Moses took his wife and his children, and mounted them on the beasts, and returned to Egypt; and Moses took the rod which he had from God in his hand.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go, depart into Egypt, for all that sought thy life are dead.

21And the Lord said to Moses, When thou goest and returnest to Egypt, see—all the miracles I have charged thee with, thou shalt work before Pharaoh: and I will harden his heart, and he shall certainly not send away the people.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:22And the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name Gershom, saying, I am a sojourner in a strange land.

Exodus 4:17And this rod that was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt work miracles.

Exodus 18:3and her two sons: the name of the one was Gershom, his father saying, I was a sojourner in a strange land—

Numbers 20:8Take thy rod, and call the assembly, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye to the rock before them, and it shall give forth its waters; and ye shall bring forth for them water out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:19-24

Moses Returns in Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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