God Shows Moses Signs of His Power
God Shows Moses Signs of His Power …Moses protested (to God) again, “What if (the Israelites) won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The Lord (God of Abraham, Isaac, &Jacob) never appeared to you’?” Then the Lord asked (Moses), “What is that in your hand?” “A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied. “Throw it down on the ground,” the Lord told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back. Then the Lord told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand. “Perform this sign,” the Lord told (Moses). “Then (the Israelites) will believe that the Lord, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.” Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now put your hand inside (the fold of) your cloak.” So Moses put his hand inside his...