Exodus 7:9
“When Pharaoh asks you, ‘Why don't you perform a miracle, then?’ tell Aaron, ‘Take your walking stick and throw it down in front of Pharaoh,’ and it will turn into a snake.”
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8The Lord told Moses and Aaron,
Cross References
Exodus 4:2The Lord asked him, “What are you holding in your hand?” “A walking stick,” Moses replied.
Exodus 4:17Make sure to take your walking stick with you so you can use it to do the signs.”
Exodus 7:10Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the Lord had ordered. Aaron threw down his staff in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it turned into a snake.
Exodus 10:13Moses held out his staff over Egypt, and all through that day and night the Lord sent an east wind blowing over the land. By the time morning came the east wind had brought in the locusts.
Isaiah 7:11“Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether as deep as where people are buried or as high as heaven.”
Matthew 12:39“An evil and adulterous generation are the ones who look for a miraculous sign. The only sign they will be given is the sign of the prophet Jonah,” Jesus told them.
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 →