In the scriptures a rod can be a shepherd's or walking staff, or a divining rod; a tool blessed and endowed with the power of God.
See 1 Moses 42:4-15; 2 Moses 25:29; 3 Moses 4:2-17, 28 (Exodus 2-9, 17), 8:17-19, 29 (Exodus 7:10-11, 20), 9:6 (Exodus 8:6), 10:3 (Exodus 8:17), 14:11 (Exodus 9:23), 15:18 (Exodus 10:13), 20:17- 33 (Exodus 14:27-31), 22:6, 49:8 (Numbers 17:8), 50:13 (Numbers 20:9-11); 4 Moses 32:5, 22-40, 34:9-11, 41:36; 1 Nephi 5:133b RAV, 17:41a OPV; 2 Nephi 2:32 RAV, 3:17a OPV; Avahr 18:13-14.