This rod, i.e., “the rod that had been changed into a serpent,” as the LXX. paraphrase.
(18) Signs. — Rather, “the signs” (τὰ σημεῖα, LXX.); i.e., the signs which thou wilt have to perform, as already implied in Exodus 3:20.
Related Commentaries of Exodus 4:17
Exodus 4:17
17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.