Exodus 7:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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.

Exodus 7:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 7:11
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
John 2:18
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
Exodus 4:2
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
Exodus 4:17
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
John 6:30
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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, &c.--The king would naturally demand some evidence of their having been sent from God; and as he would expect the ministers of his own gods to do the same works, the contest, in the nature of the case, would be one of miracles. Notice has already been taken of the rod of Moses (Ex 4:2), but rods were carried also by all nobles and official persons in the court…