“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.”
Moses takes his wife and sons, puts them on a donkey, and heads back to Egypt, with the staff of God in his hand. The phrase staff of God is significant — it is the first time the staff has been called by this name, and it will be called this again in Exodus 17:9. The ordinary instrument has been designated as belonging to God. Moses is walking back to Egypt with everything that matters: his family, his calling, and in his hand the visible symbol of the power that will carry him through what lies ahead. Zechariah 9:9 envisions the king coming to Jerusalem on a donkey — the image of the humble leader going to the place of confrontation on the most ordinary of mounts. Moses on a donkey, staff in hand, heading toward Pharaoh: it is one of the most unlikely pictures of unstoppable divine purpose in all of Scripture.
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