¹¹ Then Pharaoh called for his wise men and wonder-workers. They did the same thing using their secret ways.

¹² For each one threw down his stick and it became a snake. But Aaron’s special stick ate their sticks.

²² But the wonder-workers of Egypt did the same thing using their secret ways. And Pharaoh’s heart was hard. He did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

⁷ But the wonder-workers did the same thing using their secret ways. They made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

¹⁸ The wonder-workers tried to cause lice to come by using their secret ways. But they could not. So there were lice on man and animal.