Comentario sobre Números 20:9

כאשר צוהו, "as G'd had commanded him." The Torah had to write this in order for us to know that Moses did not delay in carrying out G'd's instructions and took his staff. On the other hand, the Torah may have wanted to emphasise that the only thing Moses did strictly in accordance with G'd's instructions was that he took the staff with him. Anything he did subsequently was not in accordance with G'd's instructions.

V. 9. ויקח משה את המטה מלפני ד׳ וגו׳ (siehe V. 8).