Staff of Moses Staff of Moses The Staff of Moses is a staff mentioned in the Bible and Quran as a walking stick used by Moses. According to the Book of Exodus in the Bible, the staff of ( "matteh", translated "rod" in the King James Bible) was used to produce water from a rock, was transformed into a snake and back, and was used at the parting of the Red Sea. Whether or not Moses' staff was the same as that used by his brother Aaron (known as Aaron's rod) has been debated by rabbinical scholars. The staff is first mentioned in
The Little Golden Calf Bender. The 2009 translation into English, "The Little Golden Calf" by Annie O. Fisher (published by Russian Life Books) was the first unabridged, uncensored translation into English of the novel. The translation won the 2010 AATSEEL Award for Best Translation into English from any Slavic Language. The Little Golden Calf The Little Golden Calf (, "Zolotoy telyonok") is a satirical novel by Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, released in 1931. Its main character, Ostap Bender, also appeared in a previous novel by the authors called "The Twelve Chairs". The title alludes to the "golden calf" of the Bible; another possible