Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out and grab the snake by its tail.” He reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a staff as he held it.
Elisha said, “Pick it up.” The disciple reached for it and picked it up.
You will step on lions and cobras. You will trample young lions and snakes.
The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” When Moses threw it on the ground, it became a snake, and he ran away from it.
⌞The Lord explained,⌟ “This is to convince the people that the Lord God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, appeared to you.”
They will pick up snakes, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them. They will place their hands on the sick and cure them.”
I have given you the authority to trample snakes and scorpions and to destroy the enemy’s power. Nothing will hurt you.
His mother told the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”