Take this rod — The staff or crook he carried as a shepherd, that he might not be ashamed of that mean condition out of which God called him. This rod must be his staff of authority, and must be to him instead, both of sword and sceptre.
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Exodus 4:17
17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.