Exodus 4:20

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 hand.

Cross-reference

Exodus 4:2 Historical context

Exodus 4:2 shows the staff being introduced and turned into a snake; here Moses takes that same staff, now called the staff of God.

Exodus 4:17 Parallel

Exodus 4:17 commands Moses to take the staff; here he obeys, taking it as he starts his journey.

Exodus 7:9 Parallel

Exodus 7:9 shows the same rod used to perform the serpent miracle, continuing the narrative of God's authority through Moses.

Exodus 14:16 records another miracle with the rod—dividing the Red Sea—further demonstrating its power.

Exodus 2:21 Historical context

Exodus 2:21 gives the backstory of Moses marrying Zipporah, identified later as the wife mentioned here.

Exodus 17:9 Parallel

Exodus 17:9 shows Moses later using 'the staff of God' in battle against Amalek, the same staff he takes here.

Numbers 20:8 instructs Moses to take the same staff to bring water from the rock, linking back to this initial taking.

Numbers 20:9 also records Moses taking the staff, echoing this earlier act of obedience. Both are responses to divine commands.

1 Chronicles 23:15 Historical context

1 Chronicles 23:15 names Moses' sons as Gershom and Eliezer, filling in the unnamed sons from this verse.

Acts 7:29 Historical context

Acts 7:29 summarizes that Moses had two sons in Midian, directly echoing the detail here.