Exodus 7:12

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

Cross-reference

Exodus 8:18 Parallel

In Exodus 8:18, the magicians fail to replicate the plague of lice, showing their limitation after the rod miracle.

Exodus 9:11 Parallel

In Exodus 9:11, the same Egyptian magicians cannot stand because of boils — showing their impotence escalating from the serpent miracle.

Acts 13:8-11 shows Elymas the sorcerer opposing Paul, just as Egypt's magicians opposed Moses; Paul strikes him blind as Aaron's staff swallowed their snakes.

1 John 4:4 Allusion

1 John 4:4 declares 'greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world' — directly exemplified when Aaron's staff swallowed the magicians' serpents.

In 2 Timothy 3:9, Paul compares false teachers to Jannes and Jambres, whose limited power was exposed when Aaron's staff swallowed theirs.

Daniel 1:20 Parallel

Daniel 1:20 says Daniel and friends were ten times wiser than all magicians — a similar theme of God's servants surpassing pagan wise men.

Acts 8:9-13 features Simon the sorcerer who also performed magic, but he believed the gospel — contrasting the hardened response of Egypt's magicians.

Acts 19:19 Contrast

Acts 19:19 describes new believers burning magic books — a repentant response to God's power, unlike the Egyptian magicians' hardened opposition.