Exodus 4:3

New American Bible - revised edition

God said: Throw it on the ground. So he threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and Moses backed away from it.

Cross References

Exodus 4:17

Take this staff in your hand; with it you are to perform the signs. Moses’ Return to Egypt.

Exodus 4:4

Then the Lord said to Moses: Now stretch out your hand and take hold of its tail. So he stretched out his hand and took hold of it, and it became a staff in his hand.

Exodus 7:9

When Pharaoh demands of you, “Produce a sign or wonder,” you will say to Aaron: “Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will turn into a serpent.”

Amos 5:19

As if someone fled from a lion and a bear met him; Or as if on entering the house he rested his hand against the wall, and a snake bit it.