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Exodus 7:10

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Obedience

8 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

9 “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

11 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

12 Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.

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BSB
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
KJV
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
WEB
Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
ASV
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
DARBY
And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his bondmen, and it became a serpent.
BLB
And Moses went in—and Aaron—to Pharaoh, and they did so, as YHWH had commanded. And Aaron cast down his staff before the face of Pharaoh and before the face of his servants, and it became a monster.
ÅB
Så gikk Moses og Aron inn til Farao og gjorde som Herren hadde sagt; Aron kastet sin stav ned foran Farao og hans tjenere, og den ble til en slange.
OTB
Så gikk Moses og Aron til farao og gjorde som Herren hadde befalt. Aron kastet staven sin ned foran farao og hans tjenestemenn, og den ble til en slange.
B1930
Så gikk Moses og Aron inn til Farao og gjorde som Herren hadde sagt; Aron kastet sin stav ned foran Farao og hans tjenere, og den blev til en slange.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 4:3

    “Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.

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  • Mark 16:18

    they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

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  • Luke 10:19

    Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.

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  • Amos 9:3

    Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

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