The Rod of Moses was created in 1936.
Moses threw his rod and it changed to a serpant.
Mattei (מַטֶּה ) is Hebrew in origin. Its meaning from Torah is Rod as in the Rod of Aaron/Moses. It also takes on the idea of tribe, because each tribe would gather under the tribal leader's rod (or staff).
Jewish Midrash (Va Yosha 42-44) teaches that Moses received his staff from Jethro (and God) to earn Zipporah's hand for marriage. A great read is Goldin (2006):The Family Book of Midrash: 52 Jewish Stories from the Sages
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God told Moses to throw the staff, and God turned it into bronze and it was known to be the Nehushtan staff. When this happened, the staff turned into a snake. God ordered Moses to pick up the staff and when Moses did, it turned back to it's original self. Many people in Moses' time destroyed it for other goods.
According to The Bible/Tanakh/Old Testament, when Moses went before Pharoah, Moses' staff changed into a snake/serpent, and then back into a staff again. (Exodus 4:1-5)
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The Bible often uses the staff or rod to symbolize the authority one has or the authority vested in him by another. Moses' staff became a symbol of his authority and commission from God when he appeared before the older men of Israel, also when he appeared before Pharaoh and the magic-practicing priests of Egypt. (Exodus 4:29-31; 7:9-12) And at God's direction, Moses lifted up his staff over the sea and "split it apart" that the Israelites might escape on dry land. Afterward God had Moses stretch out his staff again, and the waters plunged down on the Egyptians, drowning them all including Pharaoh! (Exodus 14:21-3; Psalm 136:15)
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Legendary scion's rod