'Sticks' in the Bible

And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day.

And they that found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to the whole assembly.

And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.