Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Exodus 4:3
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“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
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And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
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He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
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And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
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Exodus 4
1 Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
2 And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
3 “Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
4 “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
5 “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
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