8 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
9 “The king will ask you to do a miracle. When he does, Moses, you tell Aaron to throw his walking stick down in front of the king. It will become a snake.”
10 So Moses and Aaron went to the king as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw his walking stick down in front of the king and his officers. And it became a snake.
11 So the king called in his wise men and his magicians. With their tricks the Egyptian magicians were able to do the same thing.
12 They threw their walking sticks on the ground, and their sticks became snakes. But then Aaron’s stick swallowed theirs.
13 But the king was stubborn. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The king is being stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.