Exodus 4:2-4

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² The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”

Moses answered, “It is my ·walking stick [staff; ^Crepresenting the presence of God].”

³ The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.”

So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a ·snake [serpent]. Moses ·ran [fled] from the ·snake [serpent], ⁴ but the Lord said to him, “·Reach out [^LSend out your hand] and ·grab [grasp; catch] the ·snake [serpent] by its tail.” When ·Moses [^Lhe] ·reached out [^Lsent out his hand] and ·took hold of [snatched] ·the snake [^Lit], it again became a ·stick [staff] in his hand.