Shemot 4:2-4

Orthodox Jewish Bible

² And Hashem said unto him, What is that in thine yad? And he said, A matteh (a rod, staff).

³ And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a nachash; and Moshe fled from before it.

⁴ And Hashem said unto Moshe, Put forth thine yad, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his yad, and caught it, and it became a matteh in his yad;