出埃及記7:8-13

7:8 耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：
7:9 「法老若對你們說：『你們行件奇事吧！』你就吩咐亞倫說：『把杖丟在法老面前，使杖變作蛇。』」
7:10 摩西、亞倫進去見法老，就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫把杖丟在法老和臣僕面前，杖就變作蛇。
7:11 於是法老召了博士和術士來；他們是埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。
7:12 他們各人丟下自己的杖，杖就變作蛇；但亞倫的杖吞了他們的杖。
7:13 法老心裡剛硬，不肯聽從摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。

⁸ The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ⁹ “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”
¹⁰ 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. ¹¹ Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: ¹² Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. ¹³ Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

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    雖然大家都把杖變成蛇，但是亞倫的杖所變的蛇，卻吞吃了其他的蛇，展現了上帝的權能勝過一切！

    而這一次的較量，法老並沒有看在眼裡，還是自以為高高在上，不肯屈服！在人來說，這樣的挫折可能會因此洩氣，但是上帝沒有讓摩西和亞倫洩氣，他們還是堅持繼續下去！

    我們信靠主的人，也要有這樣的堅持，不要害怕眼前的敵人是多麼囂張與心硬，有一天一定會屈服在上帝的手下的！所以保羅說：「因我們行事為人是憑著信心，不是憑著眼見。」(哥林多後書5:7)