5. When this happens, the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.
6. Moses and Aaron obeyed the Lord
7. and spoke to the king. At the time, Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three.
8-9. The Lord said, “Moses, when the king asks you and Aaron to perform a miracle, command Aaron to throw his walking stick down in front of the king, and it will turn into a snake.”
10. Moses and Aaron went to the king and his officials and did exactly as the Lord had commanded—Aaron threw the stick down, and it turned into a snake.
11. Then the king called in the wise men and the magicians, who used their secret powers to do the same thing—