Exodus 7:10-12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁰ So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the Lord had commanded; Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.^{(A) 11} Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same by their secret arts.^{(B) 12} Each one threw down his staff, and they became snakes, but Aaron’s staff swallowed up theirs.