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Exodus 4:3
He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
Exodus 4:3 · World English Bible
Exodus 4:3 in other translations
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.
“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.
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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In context
1 Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
2 The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”
3 He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
4 The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod 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.”
6 The LORD said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
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