8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. ^cAaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 ^dThen Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also ^edid the same by their secret arts. 12 For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Still ^fPharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, ^gas the Lord had said.