1. Moses answered again, “And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you’?”
2. The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.”
3. The Lord said, “Throw it to the ground.” So he threw it to the ground, and it became a snake, and Moses ran from it.
4. But the Lord said to Moses, “Put out your hand and grab it by the tail” – so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand –