◄ Numbers 20:9 ►
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Good News Translation
Moses went and got the stick, as the LORD had commanded.

New Revised Standard Version
So Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he had commanded him.

Contemporary English Version
Moses obeyed and took his stick from the sacred tent.

New American Bible
So Moses took the staff from its place before the LORD, as he was ordered.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moses therefore took the rod, which was before the Lord, as he had commanded him,

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Moses therefore took the rod, which was before the Lord, as he had commanded him,

Numbers 17:10 And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.

Context
Water from the Rock
…8Take the rod, and assemble the people together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak to the rock before them, and it shall yield waters. And when thou hast brought forth water out of the rock, all the multitude and their cattle shall drink. 9Moses therefore took the rod, which was before the Lord, as he had commanded him,10And having gathered together the multitude before the rock, he said to them: Hear, ye rebellious and incredulous: Can we bring you forth water out of this rock?…
Cross References
Exodus 4:20
Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.

Exodus 14:16
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it: that the children of Israel may go through the midst of the sea on dry ground.

Numbers 17:10
And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.

Numbers 20:8
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