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Exodus 7:10-12 (NET)

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10 When Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, they did so, just as the LORD had commanded them Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants and it became a snake. 11 Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing. 12 Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 10) Do miracles prove a divine mission or not? Magicians also did the same things by their secret arts

Definition(s):
Aaron (Eh-ron): a teacher; lofty; mountain of strength
Egypt (Ee-jipt): that troubles or oppresses; anguish
Moses (Moh-ziz): taken out; drawn forth