Exodus 7:12
Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their snakes.
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11Then Pharaoh also called for his wise men and sorcerers. They did the same thing by their magic.
13Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen, just as Yahweh had foretold.
Cross References
Exodus 8:18The magicians tried with their magic to produce gnats, but they could not. There were gnats on man and beast.
Acts 8:9But there was a certain man in the city named Simon, who had earlier been practicing sorcery; he used to astonish the people of Samaria, while claiming that he was an important person.
Acts 19:19Many who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of everyone. When they counted the value of them, it was 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 →