Exodus 4:1-7 ▼

1 Moses answered, |But, look, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'God has not appeared to you.'|

2 The LORD said to him, |What is that in your hand?| He said, |A rod.|

3 He said, |Throw it on the ground.| He threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses ran away from it.

4 The LORD said to Moses, |Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail.| He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

5 |That they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.|

6 The LORD said furthermore to him, |Now put your hand inside your cloak.| He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, look, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

7 He said, |Put your hand inside your cloak again.| He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, look, it had turned again as his other flesh.