“And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.”
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. The setting — before Pharaoh and his officials — is a royal court, and the sign is performed as a public declaration before the full apparatus of Egyptian power. The snake that appeared at the burning bush in private now appears in the most public venue available. The sign is not hidden or incremental; it is performed in the center of Pharaoh's authority. Acts 4:13 records that the officials noted that Peter and John were ordinary, unschooled men who had been with Jesus — the confrontation of ordinary people before power is a consistent pattern. Moses and Aaron, a shepherd and a Levite, are standing before the most powerful court in the world with nothing but a wooden staff and the word of God.
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