'Stick' in the Bible
Meanwhile, I'll make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you'll be mute and unable to reprove them, since they're a rebellious group.
"Now as for you, Son of Man, grab a stick of wood for yourself and write on it these words: "FOR JUDAH AND THE ISRAELIS, HIS COMPANIONS' "Then grab another stick and write on it: "FOR JOSEPH, THE STICK OF EPHRAIM, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, HIS COMPANIONS'
He measured the east side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick,
the north side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick,
the south side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick,
and the west side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick.