The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 7:10

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Aaron cast down his rod. The rod is called indifferently "Aaron's rod" and "Moses' rod," because, though properly the rod of Moses (Exodus 4:2), yet ordinarily it was placed in the hands of Aaron (Exodus 7:19, Exodus 7:20; Exodus 8:5, Exodus 8:17, etc.

) It became a serpent. The word for "serpent" is not the same as was used before (Exodus 4:3); but it is not clear that a different species is meant. More probably it is regarded by the writer as a synonym.

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