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Exodus 7:10-12 (NLT)

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¹⁰ So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the Lord had commanded them. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent! ¹¹ Then Pharaoh called in his own wise men and sorcerers, and these Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their magic. ¹² They threw down their staffs, which also became serpents! But then 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
Moses (Moh-ziz): taken out; drawn forth