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, and 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 Aaron’s stick swallowed theirs.
13 Still the king was stubborn and 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 and refuses to let the people go.
15 In the morning the king will go out to the Nile River. Go meet him by the edge of the river, and take with you the walking stick that became a snake.
16 Tell him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you. He said, ‘Let my people go worship me in the desert.’ Until now you have not listened.