Exodus 4:1-7 ▼

1 And Moses answered and said, “And if they will not give credence to me and they will not listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘YHWH has not appeared to you.’”

2 And YHWH said to him, “What is in your hand?” And he said, “A staff.”

3 And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” And he cast it to the earth, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from before it.

4 And YHWH said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand and seize it by its tail”—and he stretched out his hand and grasped hold of it, and it became a staff in his palm—

5 “so that they may believe that YHWH, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

6 And furthermore YHWH said to him, “Put now your hand into your bosom.” And he put his hand into his bosom, and he took it out, and behold, his hand was leprous, like snow.

7 And He said, “Return your hand into your bosom.” And he returned his hand into his bosom and he took it out from his bosom, and behold, it was restored like his flesh.