Exodus 7:8-13

New American Standard Bible 1995

Aaron’s Rod Becomes a Serpent

⁸ Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ⁹ “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘^[a](A)Work a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘^(B)Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” ¹⁰ So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and thus they did just as the Lord had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and ^[b]his servants, and it ^(C)became a serpent. ¹¹ Then Pharaoh also ^(D)called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the ^[c](E)magicians of Egypt, did ^[d]the same with ^(F)their secret arts. ¹² For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. ¹³ Yet ^(G)Pharaoh’s heart was ^[e]hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.