Exodus 4:3 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 4:3

“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

KJV

And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A serpent - This miracle had a meaning which Moses could not mistake. The serpent was probably the basilisk or Uraeus, the Cobra. This was the symbol of royal and divine power on the diadem of every Pharaoh. The conversion of the rod was not merely a portent, it was a sign, at once a pledge and representation of victory over the king and gods of Egypt!

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַשְׁלִיכֵ֣הוּ	hash.li.Khe.hu	throw it	H7993 →
אַ֔רְצָה	'Ar.tzah	[the] ground towards	H776 →
וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ	vai.yash.li.Khe.hu	and he threw it	H7993 →
אַ֖רְצָה	'Ar.tzah	[the] ground towards	H776 →
וַיְהִ֣י	vay.Hi	and it became	H1961 →
לְנָחָ֑שׁ	le.na.Chash	<into> a snake	H5175 →
וַיָּ֥נָס	vai.Ya.nos	and he fled	H5127 →
מֹשֶׁ֖ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
מִפָּנָֽיו׃	mi.pa.Nav	from before it	H6440 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a…
leads to
- Isaiah 24:17–18
  Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- Jeremiah 15:2–3
  If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword;…
- Jeremiah 48:43–44
  Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
- Acts 28:4
  When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to…
- Amos 9:1–2
  I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will…
Through
Exodus 4:17
But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
leads to
- Exodus 4:2
  And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27
  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- Exodus 7:9–20
  “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”