Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass—Septuagint, "asses." Those animals are not now used in the desert of Sinai except by the Arabs for short distances.
returned—entered on his journey towards Egypt.
he took the rod of God—so called from its being appropriated to His service, and because whatever miracles it might be employed in performing would be wrought not by its inherent properties, but by a divine power following on its use. (Compare Acts 3:12).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Exodus 4:20:
Exodus 18:6
Numbers 20:8
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