Exodus 4:1-9

Modern English Version

Moses’ Miraculous Signs

4 And Moses answered and said, “But they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice. For they will say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’ ”

² The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”

And he said, “A rod.”

³ He said, “Throw it on the ground.”

And he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent. Then Moses fled from it. ⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Put forth your hand and take it by the tail.” And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand. ⁵ “This is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

⁶ The Lord said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand into your bosom.” He put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, his hand was as leprous as snow.

⁷ He said, “Put your hand into your bosom again.” So he put his hand into his bosom again and brought it out of his bosom, and it was restored like his other flesh.

⁸ “If they will not believe you, nor listen to the voice of the first sign, then they may believe the voice of the latter sign. ⁹ But if they will not believe also these two signs or listen to your voice, then you shall take water from the river and pour it on the dry land, and the water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”