Exodus 4:1-9

1Then Moses said, “What if they will not believe me or 1listen 2to what I say? For they may say, ‘3The Lord has not appeared to you.’” 2The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he said, “4A staff.” 3Then He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and 5it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. 4But the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand and grasp it by its tail”--so he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his 6hand-- 5“that 7they may believe that 8the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

6The Lord furthermore said to him, “Now put your hand into your bosom.” So he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was 9leprous like snow. 7Then He said, “Put your hand into your bosom again.” So he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, 10it was restored like the rest of his flesh. 8“If they will not believe you or 11heed the 12witness of the first sign, they may believe the 13witness of the last sign. 9But if they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile 14will become blood on the dry ground.”