staff of Moses
Plague-summoning wooden implement
The staff of Moses is the wooden rod carried by the biblical prophet Moses, through which he performed miraculous signs—parting the Red Sea, striking a rock to bring forth water, turning into a serpent before Pharaoh.
In figurative use, a staff of Moses is any instrument of divine or extraordinary power: He waved his phone like it was the staff of Moses, expecting miracles.
- rodThin rigid stick
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- PharaohEgyptian royal title
- ten plaguesDivine judgments on Egypt
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
let my people go · miracle · parting · Red Sea · Aaron · Egypt · exodus · Nile · promised land · shepherd · crook · shepherd's crook · burning bush · tablets · commandments · wand · striking · rock
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