³ Then He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and ^(A)it turned into a serpent; and Moses fled from it.

⁹ “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘^[a](A)Work a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘^(B)Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, so that it may turn into a serpent.’”