Exodus 7:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

they threw down sticks that turned into snakes. But Aaron's snake swallowed theirs.

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Children, you belong to God, and you have defeated these enemies. God's Spirit is in you and is more powerful than the one who is in the world.

The magicians were suffering so much from the sores, that they could not even come to Moses.

But they won't get very far with their foolishness. Soon everyone will know the truth about them, just as Jannes and Jambres were found out.

Then the king called in the wise men and the magicians, who used their secret powers to do the same thing—

The king behaved just as the Lord had said and stubbornly refused to listen.