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Staffs and snakes

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7:8 Staffs and snakes

8 Then Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses) and Aharon (Aaron), 9 “When Par’oh (Pharaoh) tells you to perform a miracle as a sign, then just tell Aharon to take his[fn] staff and throw it down in front of Par’oh so it turns into a snake.” 10 So Mosheh and Aharon went in to Par’oh’s courtyard and did what Yahweh had told them: Aharon threw his staff down in front of Par’oh and his servants and it turned into a snake. 11 Then Par’oh also called for his wise men and sorcerers, and the Mitsri (Egyptian) magicians did the same thing using their magic—12 each of them threw down his staff and they became snakes, except that Aharon’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 But Par’oh’s mind was made up and he took no notice of them as Yahweh had said earlier.

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7:9 It’s not clear here in this account, or even in the following events, if Mosheh and Aharon had separate miraculous sticks, or if Mosheh had (temporarily?) entrusted his original staff/rod/stick to his brother and spokesman Aharon.

8 And_ YHWH _he/it_said to Mosheh and_to ʼAhₐron to_say.

9 If/because he_will_say to_you(pl) Parˊoh to_say give to/for_you(pl) a_wonder and_you_will_say to ʼAhₐron take DOM staff_of_your and_throw_it to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Parˊoh it_will_become (into)_a_serpent.

10 And_ Mosheh and_ʼAhₐron _he_went to Parˊoh and_they_did[fn] so just_as YHWH he_had_commanded and_ ʼAhₐron _he_threw_down DOM staff_of_his to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Parˊoh and_before_of servants_of_his and_he/it_was (into)_a_serpent.

11 And_ also Parˊoh _he/it_called (to)_the_men and_to_the_sorcerers and_ also they the_soothsayer-priests_of Miʦrayim _they_did by_enchantments_of_their thus.

12 And_they_threw_down each_one staff_of_his and_they_were (into)_serpents and_ the_staff_of ʼAhₐron _it_swallowed_up DOM staffs_of_their.

13 And_ the_heart_of Parˊoh _it_was_strong and_not he_listened to_them just_as YHWH he_had_said.

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7:10 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

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