Staff

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my Staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

• Seal

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy Staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and Staff.

And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your Staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.

If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his Staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

• Bread

And when I have broken the Staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a Staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

• Anger

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a Staff.

• Miracles

Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the Staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

• Iron
• Iron
• Shekel

And the Staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

And he took his Staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a Staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the Staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the Staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a Staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my Staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my Staff upon the face of the child.

And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the Staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

• Reed

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the Staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a Staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear Staff was like a weaver's beam.

• Exemplified
• Assurance

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy Staff they comfort me.

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole Staff of bread.

For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the Staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the Staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the Staff in their hand is mine indignation.

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the Staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his Staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

The LORD hath broken the Staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a Staff, and the cummin with a rod.

And in every place where the grounded Staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

• Reed

Lo, thou trustest in the Staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong Staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the Staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your Staff of bread:

Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the Staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

• Reed

And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a Staff of reed to the house of Israel.

My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their Staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his Staff in his hand for very age.

And I took my Staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

Then I cut asunder mine other Staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a Staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:

• Death
• Faith

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his Staff.