Numbers 20:9
New International Version
So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he commanded him.

New Living Translation
So Moses did as he was told. He took the staff from the place where it was kept before the LORD.

English Standard Version
And Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

Berean Standard Bible
So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.

King James Bible
And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

New King James Version
So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him.

New American Standard Bible
So Moses took the staff from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him;

NASB 1995
So Moses took the rod from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him;

NASB 1977
So Moses took the rod from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him;

Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, just as He had commanded him;

Amplified Bible
So Moses took the rod from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him;

Christian Standard Bible
So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence just as he had commanded him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence just as He had commanded him.

American Standard Version
And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Moshe took the rod from before LORD JEHOVAH as He commanded him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Moses took his rod which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded.

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

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

English Revised Version
And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Moses took his staff out of [the tent in] the LORD's presence as he had been commanded.

Good News Translation
Moses went and got the stick, as the LORD had commanded.

International Standard Version
So Moses took the rod in the LORD's presence, just as he had commanded.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as He commanded him.

Literal Standard Version
And Moses takes the rod from before YHWH as He has commanded him,

Majority Standard Bible
So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.

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

NET Bible
So Moses took the staff from before the LORD, just as he commanded him.

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

New Heart English Bible
Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

World English Bible
Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses taketh the rod from before Jehovah, as He hath commanded him,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Water from the Rock
8“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.” 9So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. 10Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”…

Cross References
Exodus 4:20
So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

Exodus 14:16
And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

Numbers 17:10
The LORD said to Moses, "Put Aaron's staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die."


Treasury of Scripture

And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

Numbers 17:10
And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

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Numbers 20
1. The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dies.
2. They murmur for want of water
7. Moses smiting the rock, brings forth water at Meribah
14. Moses at Kadesh desires passage through Edom, which is denied him
22. At Mount Hor Aaron resigns his place to Eleazar, and dies
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Moses
מֹשֶׁ֛ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

took
וַיִּקַּ֥ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the staff
הַמַּטֶּ֖ה (ham·maṭ·ṭeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

from the LORD’s
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

presence,
מִלִּפְנֵ֣י (mil·lip̄·nê)
Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

just as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

He had commanded.
צִוָּֽהוּ׃ (ṣiw·wā·hū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order


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