¹⁷ And you shall take in your hand ^(A)this staff, ^(B)with which you shall perform the signs.”

⁹ So Moses said to ^(A)Joshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with ^(B)the staff of God in my hand.”

The Waters of Meribah

⁸ “Take ^(A)the staff; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it shall yield its water. So you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and have the congregation and their livestock drink.”

⁹ So Moses took the staff ^(B)from before the Lord, just as He had commanded him;

¹¹ Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff; and ^(A)water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their livestock drank.