And the Lord said, Hold forth thine hand, and take the tail thereof; he stretched forth his hand, and held it, and it was turned again into a rod.
And Elisha said, Take thou. Which held forth the hand, and took it.
Thou shalt go upon a snake, and a cockatrice; and thou shalt defoul a lion, and a dragon.
And the Lord said, Cast it forth into the earth; and he cast it forth, and it was turned into a serpent, so that Moses fled.
And the Lord said, That they believe, that the Lord God of thy fathers appeared to thee, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.
they shall do away serpents; and if they drink any venom, [or deadly thing], it shall not annoy them. They shall set their hands on sick men, and they shall wax whole.
And lo! I have given to you power to tread on serpents, and scorpions, and on all the virtue of the enemy, and nothing shall annoy you.
His mother saith to the ministers, Whatever thing he saith to you, do ye.