Exodus 17:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord answered Moses, ‘Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile with in your hand and go.

Cross References

Ezekiel 2:6

‘But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them and do not be afraid of their words,  even though briars and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions.  Don’t be afraid of their words or discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house.

Exodus 3:16

‘Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt.

Exodus 3:18

They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.

Exodus 14:16

As for you, lift up your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.