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Who besides Moses had rods that turned into serpents or snakes?

Exodus chapter 7 describes how the Egyptian magicians also had rods that turned into snakes, as did Moses' brother AAron, whose snake swallowed up the other serpents. This passage comes from the Priestly author, who was at pains to emphasise the importance of the priestly caste and therefore of Aaron, who had been little more than a spokesman for Moses in the older version of Exodus.


What three signs did Yahweh give Moses to show pharaoh?

God gave Moses three signs to show to the pharaoh that God had sent him. (Exodus 4:1-9) 1. His rod turned into a snake 2. His hand became leprous (as snow) then became normal again. 3. The water of the river turned to blood


Why was the pharaoh not impressed when Moses turned the stick into a snake?

The Pharaohs heart was hardened, and the Egyptian magician also changed the staff into a snake.


What did Moses' staff turn into?

According to The Bible/Tanakh/Old Testament, when Moses went before Pharoah, Moses' staff changed into a snake/serpent, and then back into a staff again. (Exodus 4:1-5)


Why is the bronze snake staff bronze?

God told Moses to throw the staff, and God turned it into bronze and it was known to be the Nehushtan staff. When this happened, the staff turned into a snake. God ordered Moses to pick up the staff and when Moses did, it turned back to it's original self. Many people in Moses' time destroyed it for other goods.


How does Moses in the bible turn a staff to a snake and how did the migician in the bible copy him?

first of all God turned the staff into the snake, and second, the magicians where helped by satin (WHICH IS A VERY MEAN PERSON)


What did Moses snake do to the magicians snake?

It swallowed the magician's snakes.


What did moses' snake do to the magicians snake?

It swallowed the magician's snakes.


God told Moses to throw his staff on the ground and it became a snake and he told him to pick it up by the tail why?

It was a test of faith. Once the staff had transformed - he was instructed to pick up the snake by tail - risking getting bitten - however, when he did as instructed - the snake turned back into a staff.


What is the summary of exodus chapter 4 and 5?

Moses fears that the Israelites will bot believe that he ha seen god and therefore will not listen to him. God tells him to show two miracles to prove that he has seen god. Those two are two put his staff on the ground and it will turn into a snake and the other is to put his hand in his cloak which will turn white. Moses than asks god what to do if they do not believe that so he tells him to get water out of the river which will turn into blood.Moses does not want to be the one to do this and this angers god, so he gets his brother Aaran to help.


What was the First miracle Moses performed?

Exodus ch.3 relates how God appeared to Moses in the Burning Bush, and the bush, though on fire, was not consumed. Other miracles (such as the rod, and the Plagues) were later.Earlier events, such as Moses in the Nile and being rescued by Pharaoh's daughter and later fleeing from Pharaoh (Exodus ch.2), were not stated as having been open miracles.According to Jewish tradition (and not stated openly in the Torah), Moses was able to escape Pharaoh's executioners (Exodus 2:15) only through a miracle (Rashi commentary on Exodus 4:11).


When did the Jews start using medicine?

In the Exodus, Moses makes a copper snake which the Jews were supposed to look at and then not die of a snake bite. Seemed to be a psychological medicine, a placebo effecting procedure. After the Bible, someone destroyed some medical book because people were using it to poison people instead of to cure them.