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The staff is first mentioned in the Book of Exodus (chapter 4, verse 2), when God appears to Moses in the burning bush. God asks what Moses has in his hand, and Moses answers a staff (a rod in the KJV version).The staff is miraculously transformed into a snake and then back into a staff.uring the Exodus, Moses stretches out his hand with the staff to part the Red Sea. While in the wilderness after leaving Egypt Moses follows God's command to strike a rock with the rod to create a spring for the Israelites to drink from.
Retirement and the Bible. The answer is found in Numbers 8:23â26, which is the only Bible passage referring specifically to this topic. In these verses God is telling Moses that the Levite priests in the Tent of Meeting must retire. The passage reads: The Lord said to Moses, âThis applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the Tent of Meeting, but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer.