Exodus 4:2-4

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

² The Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ He said, ‘A staff.’ ³ And he said, ‘Throw it on the ground.’ So he threw the staff on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses drew back from it. ⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Reach out your hand, and seize it by the tail’—so he reached out his hand and grasped it, and it became a staff in his hand—