Exodus 7:12

they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

In Context

11And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments:

13And Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:18And the scribes did so with their sorceries, to bring forth gnats; but they could not. And the gnats were on man and on beast.

Acts 8:9But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.

Acts 19:19And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 7:9-14

Magicians of Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. 10 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. 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the… Read the whole commentary →

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