9When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)The first time that Moses made his application to Pharaoh, he produced his instructions only; now he is directed to produce his credentials, and does accordingly. 1. It is taken for granted that Pharaoh would challenge these demandants to work a miracle, that, by a performance evidently above the power of nature, they might prove their commission from the God of nature. Pharaoh will say, Show a mi…
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