Cross References

Exodus 7:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Each one threw down his staff, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs.

See the chapter Copy

Pharaoh, in turn, summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing by their magic arts.

Pharaoh, however, hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had foretold. First Plague: Water Turned into Blood.

Because of the boils the magicians could not stand in Moses’ presence, for there were boils on the magicians as well as on the rest of the Egyptians.

But they will not make further progress, for their foolishness will be plain to all, as it was with those two. Paul’s Example and Teaching.

You belong to God, children, and you have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.