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Exodus 17:5. Moses passes before the people with elders and the staff.
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Exodus 17:5

Moses and elders depart

Water and the Raised Hand · Exodus 17

Story guide: Moses walks ahead of the gathered people with a few elders behind him, staff in hand; the passage gives no number of elders or their appearance.

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5Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.”

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