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Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

"When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Work a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, so that it may turn into a serpent.'"

When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and so they did, just as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his servants, and it turned into a serpent.

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.

Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they too, the soothsayer priests of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.

Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

For each one threw down his staff, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed their staffs.

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

Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.