Exodus 7:10-12

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¹⁰ So Moses and Aaron went to ·the king [^LPharaoh] as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw his ·walking stick [staff] down in front of ·the king [^LPharaoh] and his officers, and it became a ·snake [serpent].

¹¹ So ·the king [^LPharaoh] called in his wise men and his ·magicians [sorcerers], and with their ·tricks [magic arts] the Egyptian magicians were able to do the same thing [^Cshowing that they had spiritual powers supporting them]. ¹² They threw their ·walking sticks [staffs] on the ground, and their ·sticks [staffs] became snakes. But Aaron’s ·stick [staff] swallowed theirs [^Cshowing God’s power was superior].