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—
12. they threw down sticks that turned into snakes. But Aaron's snake swallowed theirs.
13. The king behaved just as the Lord had said and stubbornly refused to listen.
14. The Lord said to Moses:The Egyptian king stubbornly refuses to change his mind and let the people go.
15. Tomorrow morning take the stick that turned into a snake, then wait beside the River Nile for the king.